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+language: c
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
+#compiler:
+#- clang
+matrix:
+  include:
+  # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-4.9
+            - cmake-data
+            - cmake
+            - libglib2.0-0
+      env:
+         - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-4.9 && CXX=g++-4.9"
+
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-5
+            - cmake-data
+            - cmake
+            - libglib2.0-0
+      env:
+         - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-5 && CXX=g++-5"
+
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-6
+            - cmake-data
+            - cmake
+            - libglib2.0-0
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-6 && CXX=g++-6"
+
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+            - llvm-toolchain-precise-3.8
+            - george-edison55-precise-backports
+          packages:
+            - clang-3.8
+            - cmake-data
+            - cmake
+            - libglib2.0-0
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-3.8 && CXX=clang++-3.8"
+
+    # works on Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - llvm-toolchain-trusty-3.9
+            - george-edison55-precise-backports
+          packages:
+            - clang-3.9
+            - cmake-data
+            - cmake
+            - libglib2.0-0
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-3.9 && CXX=clang++-3.9"
+
+    # works on Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - llvm-toolchain-trusty-4.0
+            - george-edison55-precise-backports
+          packages:
+            - clang-4.0
+            - cmake-data
+            - cmake
+            - libglib2.0-0
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-4.0 && CXX=clang++-4.0"
+
+    ## works on Trusty
+    #- os: linux
+      #addons:
+        #apt:
+          #sources:
+            #- llvm-toolchain-trusty
+            #- george-edison55-precise-backports
+          #packages:
+            #- clang-5.0
+            #- cmake-data
+            #- cmake
+            #- libglib2.0-0
+      #env:
+        #- MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-5.0 && CXX=clang++-5.0"
+    
+  allow_failures:
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-4.9 && CXX=g++-4.9"
+
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc5 && CC=gcc-5 && CXX=g++-5"
+
+    - os: osx
+      osx_image: xcode8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="brew install gcc && CC=gcc-6 && CXX=g++-6"
+
+before_install:
+    - eval "${MATRIX_EVAL}"
+    
+before_script:
+    - cd fluidsynth
+    - mkdir build && cd build
+    
+script:
+    - cmake "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo" ..
+    - make -j4