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+(in-package #:cl-user)
+
+;;;; Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+;;;; you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+;;;; You may obtain a copy of the License at
+;;;;
+;;;;     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+;;;;
+;;;; Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+;;;; distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+;;;; WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+;;;; See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+;;;; limitations under the License.
+
+;;;; Just a script for loading the library itself, using bundled dependencies.
+;;;; This is here for when we want to build the self-test and cross-test
+;;;; binaries.
+
+(require "asdf")
+
+(load (merge-pathnames "externals/bundle.lisp" *load-truename*))
+(asdf:load-asd (merge-pathnames "lib/de.setf.thrift-backport-update/thrift.asd" *load-truename*))
+(asdf:load-system :thrift)