diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+sudo: false
+dist: trusty
+language: python
+compiler:
+  - gcc
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - libreadline6-dev
+    - libncurses5-dev
+    - perl
+install:
+ - pip install -r requirements-${PROF}.txt
+ - ./build-deps.sh
+script:
+ - make PYTHON=`which python` -j2
+matrix:
+  include:
+  - python: "2.7"
+    env: BRBASE=3.16 PROF=deb8
+  - python: "2.7"
+    env: BRBASE=3.16 PROF=deb8 CMPLR=clang
+  - python: "3.4"
+    env: BRBASE=3.16 PROF=deb8
+  - python: "3.6"
+    env: BRBASE=3.16 PROF=deb9
+  - python: "2.7"
+    env: BRBASE=3.15 PROF=deb8
+  - python: "2.7"
+    env: BRBASE=3.14 PROF=deb8
diff --git a/build-deps.sh b/build-deps.sh
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+++ b/build-deps.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e -x
+
+CURDIR="$PWD"
+
+cat << EOF > configure/RELEASE.local
+EPICS_BASE=$HOME/.source/epics-base
+EOF
+cat configure/RELEASE.local
+
+install -d "$HOME/.source"
+cd "$HOME/.source"
+
+git clone --quiet --depth 5 --branch "$BRBASE" https://github.com/epics-base/epics-base.git epics-base
+
+(cd epics-base && git log -n1 )
+
+EPICS_HOST_ARCH=`sh epics-base/startup/EpicsHostArch`
+
+case "$CMPLR" in
+clang)
+  echo "Host compiler is clang"
+  cat << EOF >> epics-base/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.$EPICS_HOST_ARCH
+GNU         = NO
+CMPLR_CLASS = clang
+CC          = clang
+CCC         = clang++
+EOF
+
+  # hack
+  sed -i -e 's/CMPLR_CLASS = gcc/CMPLR_CLASS = clang/' epics-base/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
+
+  clang --version
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "Host compiler is default"
+  gcc --version
+  ;;
+esac
+
+(cd epics-base && git log -n1 )
+
+EPICS_HOST_ARCH=`sh epics-base/startup/EpicsHostArch`
+
+case "$CMPLR" in
+clang)
+  echo "Host compiler is clang"
+  cat << EOF >> epics-base/configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.$EPICS_HOST_ARCH
+GNU         = NO
+CMPLR_CLASS = clang
+CC          = clang
+CCC         = clang++
+EOF
+
+  # hack
+  sed -i -e 's/CMPLR_CLASS = gcc/CMPLR_CLASS = clang/' epics-base/configure/CONFIG.gnuCommon
+
+  clang --version
+  ;;
+*)
+  echo "Host compiler is default"
+  gcc --version
+  ;;
+esac
+
+make -j2 -C epics-base
diff --git a/requirements-deb7.txt b/requirements-deb7.txt
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+++ b/requirements-deb7.txt
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+numpy==1.6.2
+nose==1.1.2
diff --git a/requirements-deb8.txt b/requirements-deb8.txt
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+++ b/requirements-deb8.txt
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+numpy==1.8.2
+nose==1.3.4
diff --git a/requirements-deb9.txt b/requirements-deb9.txt
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+++ b/requirements-deb9.txt
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+numpy==1.12.1
+nose==1.3.7