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+---
+version: "{build}-{branch}"
+clone_depth: 1
+
+# maybe we can add arm
+platform:
+  - x64
+
+matrix:
+  fast_finish: false
+
+environment:
+  matrix:
+    - TARGET: vs2017gui
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2017'
+      # RelWithDebInfo
+      configuration: Release
+      CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS: "-DENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=OFF"
+      CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64"
+    - TARGET: ubuntu1804sse41
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu1804
+      CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS: "-DFORCE_SSE41=ON"
+    - TARGET: ubuntu1804server
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu1804
+      CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS: "-DBUILD_GUI=OFF"
+    - TARGET: ubuntu1804external
+      APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu1804
+      CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS: "-DENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON"
+
+# image:
+#  - &linux   Ubuntu1804
+#  - matrix: { only: [ image: *linux ] }
+for:
+  - matrix:
+      only:
+        - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2017'
+    cache:
+      - C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin
+      - C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib
+      #- C:\Tools\vcpkg\installed
+    install:
+      # the clone doesn't get submodules
+      - ps: git submodule update --init --recursive
+    before_build:
+      - ps: cmake . -G $(CMAKE_GENERATOR) $(CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS)
+    build:
+      parallel: true
+      project: $(APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER)\$(APPVEYOR_PROJECT_NAME).sln
+    #test_script:
+      #- ps: '%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\%CONFIGURATION%\tests.exe'
+  - matrix:
+      only:
+        - APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: Ubuntu1804
+    cache:
+      - $HOME/external/
+    install:
+      - sh: sudo apt-get update
+      # not sdrplay with soapysdr; libairspyhf-dev is too old (no lna)
+      - sh: |
+          sudo apt-get -y install build-essential cmake git \
+            devscripts fakeroot debhelper libfftw3-dev qtbase5-dev libqt5opengl5-dev \
+            qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins \
+            libusb-1.0-0-dev libboost-all-dev librtlsdr-dev libasound2-dev libopencv-dev \
+            libsqlite3-dev libxml2-dev bison flex ffmpeg  libpostproc-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev \
+            libopus-dev libcodec2-dev libairspy-dev libhackrf-dev \
+            librtlsdr-dev liblimesuite-dev libbladerf-dev libsoapysdr-dev libiio-dev \
+            autoconf automake libtool
+      - sh: if [[ ! "${CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS}" =~ "ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON" ]]; then bash cmake/ci/build_cm256cc.sh; fi
+      - sh: if [[ ! "${CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS}" =~ "ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON" ]]; then bash cmake/ci/build_mbelib.sh; fi
+      - sh: if [[ ! "${CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS}" =~ "ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON" ]]; then bash cmake/ci/build_serialdv.sh; fi
+      - sh: if [[ ! "${CMAKE_CUSTOM_OPTIONS}" =~ "ENABLE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES=ON" ]]; then bash cmake/ci/build_dsdcc.sh; fi
+      - sh: bash cmake/ci/build_perseus-sdr.sh
+      - sh: bash cmake/ci/build_xtrx-sdr.sh
+      - sh: bash cmake/ci/build_airspyhf.sh
+    before_build:
+      - sh: bash -c export
+      - sh: bash -c pwd
+    build_script:
+      - sh: bash cmake/ci/build_sdrangel.sh
+    test_script:
+      # debian build path
+      - sh: ./obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/sdrangelbench
+
+deploy: off
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