+INCLUDE(GNUInstallDirs)
+INCLUDE(CTest)
+
+###########################################################################
+
+link_libraries(-Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--no-undefined)
+
+add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -Wconversion)
+add_compile_options(-Wno-unused-parameter) # frankly not using a parameter does it care?
+add_compile_options(-Wno-sign-compare -Wno-sign-conversion)
+add_compile_options(-Werror=maybe-uninitialized)
+add_compile_options(-Werror=implicit-function-declaration)
+add_compile_options(-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections)
+add_compile_options(-fPIC)
+add_compile_options(-g)
+
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_PROFILING "-g -O2 -pg -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -ggdb -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-g -O2")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_CCOV "-g -O2 --coverage")
+
+###########################################################################
+
+INCLUDE(FindThreads)
+FIND_PACKAGE(Threads)
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(json-c REQUIRED json-c)