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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-: '
-
-todo
-
-- docs for base setup: sudo apt-get -y install zlib1g-dev make git
-- shrink icu data
-'
-
-MASON_VERSION="485514d8"
-
-function setup_mason() {
-    if [[ ! -d ./.mason ]]; then
-        git clone https://github.com/mapbox/mason.git .mason || return
-    elif ! git -C .mason rev-parse -q --verify "$MASON_VERSION" >/dev/null; then
-        git -C .mason fetch --all || true # non-fatal
-    fi
-    git -C .mason checkout --detach "$MASON_VERSION" -- || return
-    case ":$PATH:" in
-        *":$PWD/.mason:"*) : already there ;;
-        *) export PATH="$PWD/.mason:$PATH" ;;
-    esac
-    export CXX=${CXX:-clang++}
-    export CC=${CC:-clang}
-}
-
-function install() {
-    MASON_PLATFORM_ID=$(mason env MASON_PLATFORM_ID)
-    if [[ ! -d ./mason_packages/${MASON_PLATFORM_ID}/${1}/${2} ]]; then
-        mason install $1 $2
-        if [[ ${3:-false} != false ]]; then
-            LA_FILE=$(mason prefix $1 $2)/lib/$3.la
-            if [[ -f ${LA_FILE} ]]; then
-                perl -i -p -e 's:\Q$ENV{HOME}/build/mapbox/mason\E:$ENV{PWD}:g' ${LA_FILE}
-            else
-                echo "$LA_FILE not found"
-            fi
-        fi
-    fi
-    # the rm here is to workaround https://github.com/mapbox/mason/issues/230
-    rm -f ./mason_packages/.link/mason.ini
-    mason link $1 $2
-}
-
-ICU_VERSION="58.1"
-BOOST_VERSION="1.75.0"
-
-function install_mason_deps() {
-    install ccache 3.3.1
-    install zlib 1.2.8
-    install jpeg_turbo 1.5.2 libjpeg
-    install libpng 1.6.32 libpng
-    install libtiff 4.0.8 libtiff
-    install libpq 9.6.5
-    install sqlite 3.34.0 libsqlite3
-    install icu ${ICU_VERSION}
-    install proj 7.2.1 libproj
-    install pixman 0.34.0 libpixman-1
-    install cairo 1.14.8 libcairo
-    install webp 0.6.0 libwebp
-    install libgdal 2.2.3 libgdal
-    install boost ${BOOST_VERSION}
-    install boost_libsystem ${BOOST_VERSION}
-    install boost_libfilesystem ${BOOST_VERSION}
-    install boost_libprogram_options ${BOOST_VERSION}
-    install boost_libregex_icu58 ${BOOST_VERSION}
-    # technically boost thread and python are not a core dep, but installing
-    # here by default helps make python-mapnik builds easier
-    install boost_libthread ${BOOST_VERSION}
-    install boost_libpython ${BOOST_VERSION}
-    install freetype 2.7.1 libfreetype
-    install harfbuzz 1.4.4-ft libharfbuzz
-}
-
-MASON_LINKED_ABS=$(pwd)/mason_packages/.link
-MASON_LINKED_REL=./mason_packages/.link
-export C_INCLUDE_PATH="${MASON_LINKED_ABS}/include"
-export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="${MASON_LINKED_ABS}/include"
-export LIBRARY_PATH="${MASON_LINKED_ABS}/lib"
-
-function make_config() {
-    echo "
-CXX = '$CXX'
-CC = '$CC'
-CUSTOM_CXXFLAGS = '-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0'
-RUNTIME_LINK = 'static'
-INPUT_PLUGINS = 'all'
-PATH = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/bin'
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib/pkgconfig'
-PATH_REMOVE = '/usr:/usr/local'
-PATH_REPLACE = '$HOME/build/mapbox/mason/mason_packages:./mason_packages'
-BOOST_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-BOOST_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-ICU_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-ICU_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-HB_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-HB_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-PNG_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include/libpng16'
-PNG_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-JPEG_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-JPEG_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-TIFF_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-TIFF_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-WEBP_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-WEBP_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-PROJ_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-PROJ_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-PG_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-PG_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-FREETYPE_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include/freetype2'
-FREETYPE_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-SVG_RENDERER = True
-CAIRO_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-CAIRO_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-SQLITE_INCLUDES = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/include'
-SQLITE_LIBS = '${MASON_LINKED_REL}/lib'
-BENCHMARK = True
-CPP_TESTS = True
-PGSQL2SQLITE = True
-XMLPARSER = 'ptree'
-SVG2PNG = True
-"
-}
-
-# NOTE: the `mapnik-settings.env` is used by test/run (which is run by `make test`)
-function setup_runtime_settings() {
-    echo "export PROJ_LIB=${MASON_LINKED_ABS}/share/proj" > mapnik-settings.env
-    echo "export ICU_DATA=${MASON_LINKED_ABS}/share/icu/${ICU_VERSION}" >> mapnik-settings.env
-    echo "export GDAL_DATA=${MASON_LINKED_ABS}/share/gdal" >> mapnik-settings.env
-}
-
-# turn arguments of the form NAME=VALUE into exported variables;
-# any other arguments are reported and cause error return status
-function export_variables() {
-    local arg= ret=0
-    for arg
-    do
-        if [[ "$arg" =~ ^[[:alpha:]][_[:alnum:]]*= ]]
-        then
-            export "$arg"
-        else
-            printf >&2 "bootstrap.sh: invalid argument: %s\n" "$arg"
-            ret=1
-        fi
-    done
-    return $ret
-}
-
-function main() {
-    export_variables "$@" || return
-    # setup_mason must not run in subshell, because it sets default
-    # values of CC, CXX and adds mason to PATH, which we want to keep
-    # when sourced
-    setup_mason || return
-    (
-        # this is wrapped in subshell to allow sourcing this script
-        # without having the terminal closed on error
-        set -eu
-        set -o pipefail
-
-        install_mason_deps
-        make_config > ./config.py
-        setup_runtime_settings
-
-        printf "\n\e[1;32m%s\e[m\n" "bootstrap successful, now run:"
-        echo ""
-        echo "    ./configure && make"
-        echo ""
-    )
-}
-
-main "$@"