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+# This makefile constructs the SAM Server i2psam.jar
+
+# by default, it gets linked into a standalone .jar file, together
+# with the I2P core classes, and the jython classes
+
+# sources
+JYTHON_SOURCES=../src/i2psam.py
+
+# jython compilation command
+JYTHON_COMPILE=jython
+
+# change this to wherever you put your i2p jars
+CLASSPATH=../../../../build/i2p.jar:../../../../build/mstreaming.jar:../../../jython/lib/jython.jar
+
+# comment this out to prevent the kitchen sink (i2p code, jython code etc)
+# from being linked into jar. Uncomment it to create a standalone .jar
+JARLINKOPTIONS=--all
+
+# uncomment this to enable '--addpackages' option, but this doesn't
+# seem to work, so we don't use it.
+#EXTRAPACKAGES=--addpackages net.i2p,net.i2p.client.mstreaming
+
+jar: i2psam.jar
+
+i2psam.jar: $(JYTHON_SOURCES) Makefile
+	CLASSPATH=$(CLASSPATH) \
+		$(JYTHON_COMPILE) \
+		--jar i2psam.jar \
+		$(JARLINKOPTIONS) \
+		$(EXTRAPACKAGES) \
+		$(JYTHON_SOURCES)