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+// Ensure that Cranelift can be used to compile a simple program with `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`
+// dist artifacts.
+
+//@ only-dist
+//@ only-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+//@ compile-flags: -Z codegen-backend=cranelift
+//@ run-pass
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello world!");
+}