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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: meson
+	ninja -C build
+
+.PHONY: meson
+meson:
+	[ -d build ] || meson setup build/
+
+.PHONY: dist
+dist: meson
+	meson dist -C build/ --formats=gztar
+	cp build/meson-dist/*.tar.gz .
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) ninja -C build install