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+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+import os
+
+
+class C(Package):
+    """Virtual package for C compilers."""
+    homepage = 'http://open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/standards'
+    virtual = True
+
+    def test(self):
+        test_source = self.test_suite.current_test_data_dir
+
+        for test in os.listdir(test_source):
+            filepath = test_source.join(test)
+            exe_name = '%s.exe' % test
+
+            cc_exe = os.environ['CC']
+            cc_opts = ['-o', exe_name, filepath]
+            compiled = self.run_test(cc_exe, options=cc_opts, installed=True)
+
+            if compiled:
+                expected = ['Hello world', 'YES!']
+                self.run_test(exe_name, expected=expected)