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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Configure test environment for Wine Configuration dialog (winecfg) test runs
+#
+# Wine must be installed.
+# Wine-Staging recommended (and required by the original patch file).
+
+function do_winecfg_changes {
+
+    echo -e "**This script is meant to be executed only once just for setting up initial winecfg development environment**\n**You need to run it only once**\n"
+
+    WORKDIR=$(pwd)
+
+    local URL="source.winehq.org"
+
+    PROGRAMS=(git make ping wine patch nproc)
+    
+    i=0
+    for program in ${PROGRAMS[@]}; do
+        if [ $(echo $(which $program &>/dev/null)$?) -ne 0 ]; then
+            ERRPROGRAMS[$i]=$program
+            let i++
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    if [ -z ERRPROGRAMS ]; then
+        echo "Please install the following programs: ${ERRPROGRAMS[*]}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    
+    if [[ ! $(ping -c 3 $URL 2>&1 | grep -c "unknown host") -eq 0 ]]; then
+        echo -e "\nCan't connect to $URL. Please check your internet connection and try again.\n"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -d a ]; then
+        echo "Cloning wine into folder 'a'. This step takes a while..."
+        git clone https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git a
+    fi
+    if [ ! -d wine-staging ]; then
+        git clone https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging.git
+    fi
+
+    wine-staging/patches/patchinstall.sh DESTDIR=${WORKDIR}/a \
+    -W winecfg-Libraries winecfg-Staging winecfg-Unmounted_Devices
+    
+    cd a
+    ./configure
+    make -j$(nproc --ignore 1)
+
+    cd ${WORKDIR}
+    
+    echo "Cloning compiled wine into folder 'b'"
+    cp -R a b
+
+    cd b/programs/winecfg
+    make clean
+    
+    cd ${WORKDIR}/b
+    patch -Np1 -i ../wine-staging_winecfg.patch
+
+    cd ${WORKDIR}
+    ln -s b/programs/winecfg winecfg_edits
+
+    echo -e "\nWine source files are ready. You can find winecfg C source files in 'winecfg_edits' directory.\nChange the source code as you like and then execute '2-run-winecfg.sh' shell script.\nYou don't need to run this script anymore unless main winecfg program is updated by Wine developers.\n"
+    
+}
+
+do_winecfg_changes