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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Goals test.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Richard W.M. Jones
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+set -e
+
+goals -f 00-basic-deps.gl > 00-basic-deps.out
+
+mv 00-basic-deps.out 00-basic-deps.out.old
+grep ^g < 00-basic-deps.out.old > 00-basic-deps.out
+
+lines=`wc -l 00-basic-deps.out | awk '{print $1}'`
+for (( i=1; $i <= $lines; i++ )); do
+ # Read the i'th line.
+ prefix=$( sed "${i}q;d" 00-basic-deps.out )
+ # Read the i+1'th to end lines, and check each one does NOT
+ # have $prefix as a prefix.
+ sed -n "$((i+1))~1p" 00-basic-deps.out | grep $prefix && exit 1 ||:
+done
+
+rm 00-basic-deps.out 00-basic-deps.out.old