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+sudo: required
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+      - gdb
+      - lcov
+      - libipc-run-perl
+      - libperl-dev
+      - libpython-dev
+      - tcl-dev
+      - libldap2-dev
+      - libicu-dev
+      - docbook
+      - docbook-dsssl
+      - docbook-xsl
+      - libxml2-utils
+      - openjade1.3
+      - opensp
+      - xsltproc
+language: c
+cache: ccache
+before_install:
+  - echo '/tmp/%e-%s-%p.core' | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+  - echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xenial.list > /dev/null
+  - |
+    sudo tee -a /etc/apt/preferences.d/trusty > /dev/null <<EOF
+    Package: *
+    Pin: release n=xenial
+    Pin-Priority: 1
+    
+    Package: make
+    Pin: release n=xenial
+    Pin-Priority: 500
+    EOF
+  - sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install make
+script: ./configure --enable-debug --enable-cassert --enable-coverage --enable-tap-tests --with-tcl --with-python --with-perl --with-ldap --with-icu && make -j4 all contrib docs && make -Otarget -j3 check-world
+after_success:
+  - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
+after_failure:
+  - for f in ` find . -name regression.diffs ` ; do echo "========= Contents of $f" ; head -1000 $f ; done
+  - |
+    for corefile in $(find /tmp/ -name '*.core' 2>/dev/null) ; do
+      binary=$(gdb -quiet -core $corefile -batch -ex 'info auxv' | grep AT_EXECFN | perl -pe "s/^.*\"(.*)\"\$/\$1/g")
+      echo dumping $corefile for $binary
+      gdb --batch --quiet -ex "thread apply all bt full" -ex "quit" $binary $corefile
+    done
+