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+//! Basic smoke test for `minicore` test auxiliary.
+//!
+//! This test is duplicated between ui/codegen/assembly because they have different runtest
+//! codepaths.
+
+//@ add-core-stubs
+//@ check-pass
+//@ compile-flags: --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+//@ needs-llvm-components: x86
+
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+#![feature(no_core)]
+#![no_std]
+#![no_core]
+
+extern crate minicore;
+use minicore::*;
+
+struct Meow;
+impl Copy for Meow {}