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+message ("-------------------------------------------")
+message ("-    setting up threading test build      -")
+message ("-------------------------------------------")
+
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.11)
+
+if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE DEBUG)
+endif ()
+message ("=> ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} configuration")
+
+project (ThreadTest CXX)
+
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT} -std=c++11 -Wall") ## Optimize
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -pedantic -Wunreachable-code")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O0 -ggdb3")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O2")
+set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+
+# include (NixView) # project settings
+include (QtCommon) # qt settings
+
+#fix_project_version ()
+#add_project_meta (META_FILES_TO_INCLUDE)
+
+########################################
+# Qt5
+message ("=> finding qt modules ...")
+find_package (Qt5Core REQUIRED)
+find_package (Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
+find_package (Qt5PrintSupport QUIET)
+find_package (Qt5Sql REQUIRED)
+
+include_directories (BEFORE
+  ${Qt5Core_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${Qt5Widgets_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${Qt5PrintSupport_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${Qt5Sql_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+add_definitions (${Qt5Core_DEFINITIONS})
+
+set (CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+set (CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+find_package (NIX REQUIRED)
+include_directories (AFTER ${NIX_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+########################################
+# Configure the target
+include_directories (${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+
+file (GLOB NIXVIEW_SOURCES *.cpp)
+
+file (GLOB NIXVIEW_INCLUDES *.h)
+
+file (GLOB NIXVIEW_UI *.ui)
+
+QT5_WRAP_UI (NIXVIEW_UI_HDRS ${NIXVIEW_UI})
+QT5_ADD_RESOURCES (NIXVIEW_RES_SOURCES ${NIXVIEW_RES})
+
+if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RELEASE")
+  add_executable (nixview ${OS_BUNDLE} ${NIXVIEW_UI_HDRS} ${NIXVIEW_INCUDES}
+    ${NIXVIEW_SOURCES} ${META_FILES_TO_INCLUDE})
+else ()
+  add_executable (nixview ${NIXVIEW_UI_HDRS} ${NIXVIEW_INCUDES}
+    ${NIXVIEW_SOURCES} ${META_FILES_TO_INCLUDE})
+endif ()
+
+target_link_libraries (nixview Qt5::Core Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::Sql
+  ${NIX_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+
+install (TARGETS nixview BUNDLE DESTINATION . RUNTIME  DESTINATION
+  "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin")
+
+########################################
+# Status
+message ("Binary dir: ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
+
+