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+. $stdenv/setup
+
+mainName=$(basename $main | cut -c34-)
+
+echo "compiling \`$mainName'..."
+
+# Turn $localIncludes into an array.
+localIncludes=($localIncludes)
+
+# Determine how many `..' levels appear in the header file references.
+# E.g., if there is some reference `../../foo.h', then we have to
+# insert two extra levels in the directory structure, so that `a.c' is
+# stored at `dotdot/dotdot/a.c', and a reference from it to
+# `../../foo.h' resolves to `dotdot/dotdot/../../foo.h' == `foo.h'.
+n=0
+maxDepth=0
+for ((n = 0; n < ${#localIncludes[*]}; n += 2)); do
+    target=${localIncludes[$((n + 1))]}
+
+    # Split the target name into path components using some IFS magic.
+    savedIFS="$IFS"
+    IFS=/
+    components=($target)
+    depth=0
+    for ((m = 0; m < ${#components[*]}; m++)); do
+        c=${components[m]}
+        if test "$c" = ".."; then
+            depth=$((depth + 1))
+        fi
+    done
+    IFS="$savedIFS"
+
+    if test $depth -gt $maxDepth; then
+        maxDepth=$depth;
+    fi
+done
+
+# Create the extra levels in the directory hierarchy.
+prefix=
+for ((n = 0; n < maxDepth; n++)); do
+    prefix="dotdot/$prefix"
+done
+
+# Create symlinks to the header files.
+for ((n = 0; n < ${#localIncludes[*]}; n += 2)); do
+    source=${localIncludes[n]}
+    target=${localIncludes[$((n + 1))]}
+
+    # Create missing directories.  We use IFS magic to split the path
+    # into path components.
+    savedIFS="$IFS"
+    IFS=/
+    components=($prefix$target)
+    fullPath=(.)
+    for ((m = 0; m < ${#components[*]} - 1; m++)); do
+        fullPath=("${fullPath[@]}" ${components[m]})
+        if ! test -d "${fullPath[*]}"; then
+            mkdir "${fullPath[*]}"
+        fi
+    done
+    IFS="$savedIFS"
+    
+    ln -sf $source $prefix$target
+done
+
+# Create a symlink to the main file.
+if ! test "$(readlink $prefix$mainName)" = $main; then
+    ln -s $main $prefix$mainName
+fi
+
+mkdir $out
+test "$prefix" && cd $prefix
+gcc -Wall $cFlags -c $mainName -o $out/$mainName.o