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+# $Id$
+
+# This file is part of OpenTTD.
+# OpenTTD is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
+# OpenTTD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with OpenTTD. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+SETTINGSGEN      = !!SETTINGSGEN!!
+ENDIAN_CHECK     = !!ENDIAN_CHECK!!
+SRC_DIR          = !!SRC_DIR!!
+CXX_BUILD        = !!CXX_BUILD!!
+CFLAGS_BUILD     = !!CFLAGS_BUILD!!
+LDFLAGS_BUILD    = !!LDFLAGS_BUILD!!
+STAGE            = !!STAGE!!
+SETTING_OBJS_DIR = !!SETTING_OBJS_DIR!!
+
+ENDIAN_TARGETS := endian_host.h endian_target.h $(ENDIAN_CHECK)
+
+# Check if we want to show what we are doing
+ifdef VERBOSE
+	Q =
+	E = @true
+else
+	Q = @
+	E = @echo
+endif
+
+all: table/settings.h
+
+settingsgen.o: $(SRC_DIR)/settingsgen/settingsgen.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/string_func.h $(SRC_DIR)/strings_type.h $(SRC_DIR)/misc/getoptdata.h $(SRC_DIR)/ini_type.h $(SRC_DIR)/core/smallvec_type.hpp
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Compiling $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp=%.cpp)'
+	$(Q)$(CXX_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_BUILD) -DSETTINGSGEN -c -o $@ $<
+
+alloc_func.o: $(SRC_DIR)/core/alloc_func.cpp endian_host.h
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Compiling $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/%.cpp=%.cpp)'
+	$(Q)$(CXX_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_BUILD) -DSETTINGSGEN -c -o $@ $<
+
+getoptdata.o: $(SRC_DIR)/misc/getoptdata.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/misc/getoptdata.h
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Compiling $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/misc/%.cpp=%.cpp)'
+	$(Q)$(CXX_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_BUILD) -DSETTINGSGEN -c -o $@ $<
+
+ini_load.o: $(SRC_DIR)/ini_load.cpp $(SRC_DIR)/core/alloc_func.hpp $(SRC_DIR)/core/mem_func.hpp $(SRC_DIR)/ini_type.h $(SRC_DIR)/string_func.h
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Compiling $(<:$(SRC_DIR)/misc/%.cpp=%.cpp)'
+	$(Q)$(CXX_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_BUILD) -DSETTINGSGEN -c -o $@ $<
+
+$(SETTINGSGEN): alloc_func.o ini_load.o settingsgen.o getoptdata.o
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Compiling and Linking $@'
+	$(Q)$(CXX_BUILD) $(LDFLAGS_BUILD) $^ -o $@
+
+table/settings.h: $(SETTINGSGEN) $(SRC_DIR)/table/settings.h.preamble $(SRC_DIR)/table/settings.h.postamble $(SRC_DIR)/table/*.ini
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Generating $@'
+	@mkdir -p table
+	$(Q)./$(SETTINGSGEN) -o table/settings.h -b $(SRC_DIR)/table/settings.h.preamble -a $(SRC_DIR)/table/settings.h.postamble $(SRC_DIR)/table/*.ini
+
+# The targets to compile the endian-code
+
+endian_host.h: $(ENDIAN_CHECK)
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Testing endianness for host'
+	$(Q)./$(ENDIAN_CHECK) > $@
+
+$(ENDIAN_CHECK): $(SRC_DIR)/endian_check.cpp
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Compiling and Linking $@'
+	$(Q)$(CXX_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_BUILD) $< -o $@
+
+depend:
+
+clean:
+	$(E) '$(STAGE) Cleaning up settings files'
+	$(Q)rm -f settingsgen.o alloc_func.o getoptdata.o ini_load.o $(SETTINGSGEN) $(ENDIAN_TARGETS) table/settings.h
+
+mrproper: clean
+
+.PHONY: all mrproper depend clean