old_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  # Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
  # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
  # found in the LICENSE file.
  
  """cups-config wrapper.
  
  cups-config, at least on Ubuntu Lucid and Natty, dumps all
  cflags/ldflags/libs when passed the --libs argument.  gyp would like
  to keep these separate: cflags are only needed when compiling files
  that use cups directly, while libs are only needed on the final link
  line.
  
  TODO(evan): remove me once
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/163704
  is fixed.
  """
  
  import subprocess
  import sys
  
  def usage():
      print 'usage: %s {--cflags|--ldflags|--libs}' % sys.argv[0]
      sys.exit(1)
  
  def run_cups_config(mode):
      """Run cups-config with all --cflags etc modes, parse out the mode we want,
      and return those flags as a list."""
  
      cups = subprocess.Popen(['cups-config', '--cflags', '--ldflags', '--libs'],
                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
      flags = cups.communicate()[0].strip()
  
      flags_subset = []
      for flag in flags.split(' '):
          flag_mode = None
          if flag.startswith('-l'):
              flag_mode = '--libs'
          elif (flag.startswith('-L') or flag.startswith('-Wl,')):
              flag_mode = '--ldflags'
          elif (flag.startswith('-I') or flag.startswith('-D')):
              flag_mode = '--cflags'
  
          # Be conservative: for flags where we don't know which mode they
          # belong in, always include them.
          if flag_mode is None or flag_mode == mode:
              flags_subset.append(flag)
  
      return flags_subset
  
  if len(sys.argv) != 2:
      usage()
  
  mode = sys.argv[1]
  if mode not in ('--cflags', '--libs', '--ldflags'):
      usage()
  flags = run_cups_config(mode)
  print ' '.join(flags)
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/python
  # Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
  # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
  # found in the LICENSE file.
  
  """cups-config wrapper.
  
  cups-config, at least on Ubuntu Lucid and Natty, dumps all
  cflags/ldflags/libs when passed the --libs argument.  gyp would like
  to keep these separate: cflags are only needed when compiling files
  that use cups directly, while libs are only needed on the final link
  line.
  
  TODO(evan): remove me once
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/163704
  is fixed.
  """
  
  import subprocess
  import sys
  
  def usage():
      print 'usage: %s {--cflags|--ldflags|--libs}' % sys.argv[0]
      sys.exit(1)
  
  def run_cups_config(mode):
      """Run cups-config with all --cflags etc modes, parse out the mode we want,
      and return those flags as a list."""
  
      cups = subprocess.Popen(['cups-config', '--cflags', '--ldflags', '--libs'],
                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
      flags = cups.communicate()[0].strip()
  
      flags_subset = []
      for flag in flags.split():
          flag_mode = None
          if flag.startswith('-l'):
              flag_mode = '--libs'
          elif (flag.startswith('-L') or flag.startswith('-Wl,')):
              flag_mode = '--ldflags'
          elif (flag.startswith('-I') or flag.startswith('-D')):
              flag_mode = '--cflags'
  
          # Be conservative: for flags where we don't know which mode they
          # belong in, always include them.
          if flag_mode is None or flag_mode == mode:
              flags_subset.append(flag)
  
      return flags_subset
  
  if len(sys.argv) != 2:
      usage()
  
  mode = sys.argv[1]
  if mode not in ('--cflags', '--libs', '--ldflags'):
      usage()
  flags = run_cups_config(mode)
  print ' '.join(flags)
  
subject: split on newlines in cups helper