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+.NOTPARALLEL:
+
+TESTDIRS = string arith frames types imp array pic gs io template
+
+EXTRADIRS = gsl output
+
+test: $(TESTDIRS)
+
+all: $(TESTDIRS) $(EXTRADIRS)
+
+$(TESTDIRS)::
+	@echo
+	../asy -dir ../base $@/*.asy
+
+$(EXTRADIRS)::
+	@echo
+	../asy -dir ../base $@/*.asy
+
+clean:  FORCE
+	rm -f *.eps
+
+distclean: FORCE clean
+
+FORCE: