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+language: cpp
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-4.9
+      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
+      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
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-6 && CXX=g++-6"
+
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+            - g++-7
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=gcc-7 && CXX=g++-7"
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+            - llvm-toolchain-precise-3.6
+          packages:
+            - clang-3.6
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-3.6 && CXX=clang++-3.6"
+
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+            - llvm-toolchain-precise-3.7
+          packages:
+            - clang-3.7
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-3.7 && CXX=clang++-3.7"
+
+    # works on Precise and Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+            - llvm-toolchain-precise-3.8
+          packages:
+            - clang-3.8
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-3.8 && CXX=clang++-3.8"
+
+    # works on Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - llvm-toolchain-trusty-3.9
+          packages:
+            - clang-3.9
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-3.9 && CXX=clang++-3.9"
+
+    # works on Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - llvm-toolchain-trusty-4.0
+          packages:
+            - clang-4.0
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-4.0 && CXX=clang++-4.0"
+
+    # works on Trusty
+    - os: linux
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - llvm-toolchain-trusty-5.0
+          packages:
+            - clang-5.0
+      env:
+        - MATRIX_EVAL="CC=clang-5.0 && CXX=clang++-5.0"
+
+
+before_install:
+  - sudo apt-get update -qq
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq autoconf automake autopoint flex gettext graphviz help2man m4 texinfo valgrind
+  - eval "${MATRIX_EVAL}"
+
+script:
+  - ./bootstrap
+  - ./configure CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX"
+  - make -j2
+  - make check VERBOSE=1 TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j2
+