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+############################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation
+#
+# Scripts for automatically generating
+# Linux/OSX/BSD distribution zip files.
+#
+# Author: Leonardo de Moura (leonardo)
+############################################
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import zipfile
+import re
+import getopt
+import sys
+import shutil
+from mk_exception import *
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
+
+def getenv(name, default):
+    try:
+        return os.environ[name].strip(' "\'')
+    except:
+        return default
+
+BUILD_DIR = 'build-dist'
+DIST_DIR = 'dist'
+VERBOSE = True
+FORCE_MK = False
+ASSEMBLY_VERSION = None
+DOTNET_CORE_ENABLED = True
+DOTNET_KEY_FILE = None
+JAVA_ENABLED = True
+JULIA_ENABLED = False
+GIT_HASH = False
+PYTHON_ENABLED = True
+ARM64 = False
+MAKEJOBS = getenv("MAKEJOBS", "24")
+
+def set_verbose(flag):
+    global VERBOSE
+    VERBOSE = flag
+
+def is_verbose():
+    return VERBOSE
+
+def mk_dir(d):
+    if not os.path.exists(d):
+        if is_verbose():
+            print("Make directory", d)
+        os.makedirs(d)
+
+def get_z3_name():
+    version = "4"
+    if ASSEMBLY_VERSION:
+        version = ASSEMBLY_VERSION
+    print("Assembly version:", version)
+    if GIT_HASH:
+        return 'z3-%s.%s' % (version, get_git_hash())
+    else:
+        return 'z3-%s' % (version)
+
+def get_build_dir():
+    return BUILD_DIR
+
+def get_build_dist():
+    return os.path.join(get_build_dir(), DIST_DIR)
+
+def get_build_dist_path():
+    return os.path.join(get_build_dist(), get_z3_name())
+
+def set_build_dir(path):
+    global BUILD_DIR
+    BUILD_DIR = os.path.expanduser(os.path.normpath(path))
+    mk_dir(BUILD_DIR)
+
+def display_help():
+    print("mk_unix_dist_cmake.py: Z3 Unix distribution generator\n")
+    print("This script generates the zip files containing executables, shared objects, header files for Unix.")
+    print("It must be executed from the Z3 root directory.")
+    print("\nOptions:")
+    print("  -h, --help                    display this message.")
+    print("  -s, --silent                  do not print verbose messages.")
+    print("  -b <subdir>, --build=<subdir> subdirectory where Z3 will be built (default: build-dist).")
+    print("  -f, --force                   force script to regenerate Makefiles.")
+    print("  --version=<version>           release version.")
+    print("  --assembly-version            assembly version for dll")
+    print("  --nodotnet                    do not include .NET bindings in the binary distribution files.")
+    print("  --dotnet-key=<file>           strongname sign the .NET assembly with the private key in <file>.")
+    print("  --nojava                      do not include Java bindings in the binary distribution files.")
+    print("  --nopython                    do not include Python bindings in the binary distribution files.")
+    print("  --julia                       build Julia bindings.")
+    print("  --githash                     include git hash in the Zip file.")
+    print("  --arm64                       build for ARM64 architecture.")
+    exit(0)
+
+# Parse configuration option for mk_make script
+def parse_options():
+    global FORCE_MK, JAVA_ENABLED, JULIA_ENABLED, GIT_HASH, DOTNET_CORE_ENABLED, DOTNET_KEY_FILE, ASSEMBLY_VERSION, PYTHON_ENABLED, ARM64
+    path = BUILD_DIR
+    options, remainder = getopt.gnu_getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'b:hsf', ['build=',
+                                                                   'help',
+                                                                   'silent',
+                                                                   'force',
+                                                                   'nojava',
+                                                                   'nodotnet',
+                                                                   'dotnet-key=',
+                                                                   'assembly-version=',
+                                                                   'githash',
+                                                                   'nopython',
+                                                                   'julia',
+                                                                   'arm64'
+                                                                   ])
+    for opt, arg in options:
+        if opt in ('-b', '--build'):
+            if arg == 'src':
+                raise MKException('The src directory should not be used to host the Makefile')
+            path = arg
+        elif opt in ('-s', '--silent'):
+            set_verbose(False)
+        elif opt in ('-h', '--help'):
+            display_help()
+        elif opt in ('-f', '--force'):
+            FORCE_MK = True
+        elif opt == '--nodotnet':
+            DOTNET_CORE_ENABLED = False
+        elif opt == '--assembly-version':
+            ASSEMBLY_VERSION = arg
+        elif opt == '--nopython':
+            PYTHON_ENABLED = False
+        elif opt == '--dotnet-key':
+            DOTNET_KEY_FILE = arg
+        elif opt == '--nojava':
+            JAVA_ENABLED = False
+        elif opt == '--julia':
+            JULIA_ENABLED = True
+        elif opt == '--githash':
+            GIT_HASH = True
+        elif opt == '--arm64':
+            ARM64 = True
+        else:
+            raise MKException("Invalid command line option '%s'" % opt)
+    set_build_dir(path)
+
+def check_output(cmd):
+    out = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    if out != None:
+        enc = sys.getdefaultencoding()
+        if enc != None: return out.decode(enc).rstrip('\r\n')
+        else: return out.rstrip('\r\n')
+    else:
+        return ""
+
+def get_git_hash():
+    try:
+        branch = check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'])
+        r = check_output(['git', 'show-ref', '--abbrev=12', 'refs/heads/%s' % branch])
+    except:
+        raise MKException("Failed to retrieve git hash")
+    ls = r.split(' ')
+    if len(ls) != 2:
+        raise MKException("Unexpected git output " + r)
+    return ls[0]
+
+# Create a build directory using CMake
+def mk_build_dir():
+    build_path = get_build_dir()
+    if not os.path.exists(build_path) or FORCE_MK:
+        mk_dir(build_path)
+        cmds = []
+        cmds.append(f"cd {build_path}")
+        cmd = []
+        cmd.append("cmake -S .")
+        if DOTNET_CORE_ENABLED:
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_BUILD_DOTNET_BINDINGS=ON')
+        if JAVA_ENABLED:
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_BUILD_JAVA_BINDINGS=ON')
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_INSTALL_JAVA_BINDINGS=ON')
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_JAVA_JAR_INSTALLDIR=java')
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_JAVA_JNI_LIB_INSTALLDIR=bin/java')
+        if PYTHON_ENABLED:
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON')
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_INSTALL_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON')
+            cmd.append(' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHON_PKG_DIR=bin/python')
+        if JULIA_ENABLED:
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_BUILD_JULIA_BINDINGS=ON')
+            cmd.append(' -DZ3_INSTALL_JULIA_BINDINGS=ON')
+        if GIT_HASH:
+            git_hash = get_git_hash()
+            cmd.append(' -DGIT_HASH=' + git_hash)
+        cmd.append(' -DZ3_USE_LIB_GMP=OFF')
+        cmd.append(' -DZ3_BUILD_LIBZ3_SHARED=ON')
+        cmd.append(' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo')
+        cmd.append(' -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=' + get_build_dist_path())
+        cmd.append(' -G "Ninja"')
+        cmd.append(' ..\n')
+        cmds.append("".join(cmd))
+        print("CMAKE commands:", cmds)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        if exec_cmds(cmds) != 0:
+            raise MKException("failed to run commands")
+
+def exec_cmds(cmds):
+    cmd_file = 'z3_tmp.sh'
+    f = open(cmd_file, 'w')
+    for cmd in cmds:
+        f.write(cmd)
+        f.write('\n')
+    f.close()
+    res = 0
+    try:
+        res = subprocess.call(['sh', cmd_file])
+    except:
+        res = 1
+    try:
+        os.remove(cmd_file)
+    except:
+        pass
+    return res
+
+def build_z3():
+    if is_verbose():
+        print("build z3")
+    build_dir = get_build_dir()
+    cmds = []
+    cmds.append('cd %s' % build_dir)
+    cmds.append('ninja install')
+    if exec_cmds(cmds) != 0:
+        raise MKException("Failed to make z3")
+
+def mk_zip():
+    build_dist = get_build_dist_path()
+    dist_name = get_z3_name()
+    old = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        if is_verbose():
+            print("dist path", build_dist)
+        mk_dir(build_dist)
+        zfname = '%s.zip' % dist_name
+        zipout = zipfile.ZipFile(zfname, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+        os.chdir(get_build_dist())
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk("."):
+            for f in files:
+                if is_verbose():
+                    print("adding ", os.path.join(root, f))
+                zipout.write(os.path.join(root, f))
+        if is_verbose():
+            print("Generated '%s'" % zfname)
+    except:
+        pass
+    os.chdir(old)
+
+def cp_license():
+    if is_verbose():
+        print("copy licence")
+    path = get_build_dist_path()
+    mk_dir(path)
+    shutil.copy("LICENSE.txt", path)
+
+# Entry point
+def main():
+    parse_options()
+    mk_build_dir()
+    build_z3()
+    cp_license()
+    mk_zip()
+
+main()