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+#!/bin/sh
+
+API=`grep -e "^vala_api_version = '\([0-9]\.[0-9]*\)'$" meson.build | sed -r "s/vala_api_version = '([^ ]+)'/\1/"`
+
+PWD=$(pwd)
+rm -rf _bootstrap _bootstrap_install _build
+
+meson _bootstrap -Dvaladoc=false -Dprefix=$PWD/_bootstrap_install || exit 1
+ninja -C _bootstrap || exit 1
+
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/_bootstrap/vala:$PWD/_bootstrap/codegen" VALAC="$PWD/_bootstrap/compiler/valac-$API --vapidir $PWD/vapi" meson _build -Dprefix=/usr || exit 1
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/_bootstrap/vala:$PWD/_bootstrap/codegen" ninja -C _build || exit 1
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/_bootstrap/vala:$PWD/_bootstrap/codegen" ninja -C _build test || exit 1