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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# set rustflags as empty to make sure we’re not building for march=native,
+# as these are public release builds
+RUSTFLAGS="" cargo build --release --locked
+RUSTFLAGS="" cargo build --release --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --locked
+mv target/release/libadaptivegrain_rs.so ./
+mv target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/adaptivegrain_rs.dll ./
+strip libadaptivegrain_rs.so
+strip adaptivegrain_rs.dll