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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 David Bremner
+#
+
+# This test tests whether hiding Xapian::Error symbols in libnotmuch
+# also hides them for other users of libxapian. This is motivated by
+# the discussion in http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility'
+
+test_description='exception symbol hiding'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+run_test(){
+    result=$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../../lib ./symbol-test 2>&1)
+}
+
+output="A Xapian exception occurred opening database: Couldn't stat 'fakedb/.notmuch/xapian'
+caught No chert database found at path \`./nonexistant'"
+
+g++ -o symbol-test -I../../lib ../symbol-test.cc -L../../lib -lnotmuch -lxapian
+mkdir -p fakedb/.notmuch
+test_expect_success 'running test' run_test
+test_begin_subtest 'checking output'
+test_expect_equal "$result" "$output" 
+test_done