fix static build

When built statically the nif couldn't be loaded. This patch fix the
following:

- make sure that the patches are applied.
- fix LDFLAGS order

While I am here add a unitest to fix the lib.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eae0096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ebin
+t/*.beam
+.dists
+.libs
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7142fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+ERL ?= erl
+ERLC ?= erlc
+REBAR ?= rebar
+
+all: compile
+
+static:
+	@USE_STATIC_ICU="1" COUCHDB_STATIC="1" $(REBAR) compile
+
+
+compile:
+	@$(REBAR) compile
+
+clean:
+	@$(REBAR) clean
+	@rm -f t/*.beam
+
+test:
+	@$(ERLC) -o t/ t/etap.erl
+	prove t/*.t
+
+verbose-test:
+	@$(ERLC) -o t/ t/etap.erl
+	prove -v t/*.t
+
+cover: test
+	@ERL_FLAGS="-pa ./ebin -pa ./t" \
+		$(ERL) -detached -noshell -eval 'etap_report:create()' -s init stop
diff --git a/build_icu.sh b/build_icu.sh
index 167e73d..04304e6 100755
--- a/build_icu.sh
+++ b/build_icu.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     $GUNZIP -c $DISTDIR/$ICU_DISTNAME | $TAR xf -
 
     # apply patches
-    cd $STATICLIBS/icu
+    cd $STATICLIBS
     for P in $PATCHES/icu/*.patch; do \
         (patch -p0 -i $P || echo "skipping patch"); \
     done
diff --git a/rebar.config.script b/rebar.config.script
index 21bb978..3a52869 100644
--- a/rebar.config.script
+++ b/rebar.config.script
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 BuildStatic = os:getenv("COUCHDB_STATIC") =:= "1" andalso
                 os:getenv("USE_STATIC_ICU") =:= "1",
 
-
 IsDarwin = case os:type() of
     {unix, darwin} -> true;
     _ -> false
@@ -59,13 +58,14 @@
 
     {_, true} ->
         CFLAGS = GetFlag1("ICU_CFLAGS", "-I.libs/icu/include"),
-        LDFLAGS = GetFlag1("ICU_LDFLAGS", "-lstdc++ -fPIC " ++
-                                         ".libs/icu/lib/libicui18n.a " ++
-                                         ".libs/icu/lib/libicuuc.a " ++
-                                         ".libs/icu/lib/libicudata.a"),
+        LDFLAGS = GetFlag1("ICU_LDFLAGS", ".libs/icu/lib/libicui18n.a " ++
+                                          ".libs/icu/lib/libicuuc.a " ++
+                                          ".libs/icu/lib/libicudata.a"),
         [
-            {"DRV_CFLAGS", "$DRV_CFLAGS " ++ CFLAGS ++ " -D BSD_SOURCE"},
-            {"DRV_LDFLAGS", "$DRV_LDFLAGS " ++ LDFLAGS}
+            {"DRV_CFLAGS", "$DRV_CFLAGS " ++ CFLAGS},
+            {"DRV_LDFLAGS", "-lstdc++ -fPIC $DRV_LDFLAGS " ++ LDFLAGS},
+            {"CFLAGS", "$DRV_CFLAGS " ++ CFLAGS},
+            {"LDFLAGS", "-lstdc++ -fPIC $DRV_LDFLAGS " ++ LDFLAGS}
         ];
     {_, false} ->
         ICUCFLAGS = GetFlag("ICU_CFLAGS", "--cflags"),
diff --git a/src/couch_collate.erl b/src/couch_collate.erl
index 341510f..7b7f570 100644
--- a/src/couch_collate.erl
+++ b/src/couch_collate.erl
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@
     end,
     NumScheds = erlang:system_info(schedulers),
     Arch = erlang:system_info(system_architecture),
-    (catch erlang:load_nif(filename:join([PrivDir, Arch, ?MODULE]),
-                           NumScheds)),
-    case erlang:system_info(otp_release) of
-        "R13B03" -> true;
-        _ -> ok
-    end.
+    SoPath = filename:join([PrivDir, Arch, ?MODULE]),
+    erlang:load_nif(SoPath, NumScheds).
 
 %% @doc compare 2 string, result is -1 for lt, 0 for eq and 1 for gt.
 -spec collate(binary(), binary()) -> 0 | -1 | 1.
diff --git a/t/01-basic.t b/t/01-basic.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..96b6004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/01-basic.t
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env escript
+%% -*- erlang -*-
+%%! -pa ./ebin -pa ./t
+
+% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+% use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+% the License at
+%
+%   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%
+% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+% WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+% License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+% the License.
+
+main(_) ->
+    etap:plan(2),
+    test(),
+    etap:end_tests().
+
+test() ->
+    etap:is(
+        couch_collate:collate(<<"foo">>, <<"bar">>),
+        1,
+        "Can collate stuff"
+    ),
+    etap:is(
+        couch_collate:collate(<<"A">>, <<"aa">>),
+        -1,
+        "Collate's non-ascii style."
+    ),
+    ok.
diff --git a/t/etap.erl b/t/etap.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82e0cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/etap.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,612 @@
+%% Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Nick Gerakines <nick@gerakines.net>
+%% 
+%% Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+%% obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+%% files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+%% restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+%% copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+%% copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+%% Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+%% conditions:
+%% 
+%% The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+%% included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+%% 
+%% THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+%% EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+%% OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+%% NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+%% HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+%% WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+%% FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+%% OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+%% 
+%% @author Nick Gerakines <nick@gerakines.net> [http://socklabs.com/]
+%% @author Jeremy Wall <jeremy@marzhillstudios.com>
+%% @version 0.3.4
+%% @copyright 2007-2008 Jeremy Wall, 2008-2009 Nick Gerakines
+%% @reference http://testanything.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
+%% @reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Anything_Protocol
+%% @todo Finish implementing the skip directive.
+%% @todo Document the messages handled by this receive loop.
+%% @todo Explain in documentation why we use a process to handle test input.
+%% @doc etap is a TAP testing module for Erlang components and applications.
+%% This module allows developers to test their software using the TAP method.
+%% 
+%% <blockquote cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Anything_Protocol"><p>
+%% TAP, the Test Anything Protocol, is a simple text-based interface between
+%% testing modules in a test harness. TAP started life as part of the test
+%% harness for Perl but now has implementations in C/C++, Python, PHP, Perl
+%% and probably others by the time you read this.
+%% </p></blockquote>
+%% 
+%% The testing process begins by defining a plan using etap:plan/1, running
+%% a number of etap tests and then calling eta:end_tests/0. Please refer to
+%% the Erlang modules in the t directory of this project for example tests.
+-module(etap).
+-vsn("0.3.4").
+
+-export([
+    ensure_test_server/0,
+    start_etap_server/0,
+    test_server/1,
+    msg/1, msg/2,
+    diag/1, diag/2,
+    expectation_mismatch_message/3,
+    plan/1,
+    end_tests/0,
+    not_ok/2, ok/2, is_ok/2, is/3, isnt/3, any/3, none/3,
+    fun_is/3, expect_fun/3, expect_fun/4,
+    is_greater/3,
+    skip/1, skip/2,
+    datetime/1,
+    skip/3,
+    bail/0, bail/1,
+    test_state/0, failure_count/0
+]).
+
+-export([
+    contains_ok/3,
+    is_before/4
+]).
+
+-export([
+    is_pid/2,
+    is_alive/2,
+    is_mfa/3
+]).
+
+-export([
+    loaded_ok/2,
+    can_ok/2, can_ok/3,
+    has_attrib/2, is_attrib/3,
+    is_behaviour/2
+]).
+
+-export([
+    dies_ok/2,
+    lives_ok/2,
+    throws_ok/3
+]).
+
+
+-record(test_state, {
+    planned = 0,
+    count = 0,
+    pass = 0,
+    fail = 0,
+    skip = 0,
+    skip_reason = ""
+}).
+
+%% @spec plan(N) -> Result
+%%       N = unknown | skip | {skip, string()} | integer()
+%%       Result = ok
+%% @doc Create a test plan and boot strap the test server.
+plan(unknown) ->
+    ensure_test_server(),
+    etap_server ! {self(), plan, unknown},
+    ok;
+plan(skip) ->
+    io:format("1..0 # skip~n");
+plan({skip, Reason}) ->
+    io:format("1..0 # skip ~s~n", [Reason]);
+plan(N) when is_integer(N), N > 0 ->
+    ensure_test_server(),
+    etap_server ! {self(), plan, N},
+    ok.
+
+%% @spec end_tests() -> ok
+%% @doc End the current test plan and output test results.
+%% @todo This should probably be done in the test_server process.
+end_tests() ->
+    case whereis(etap_server) of
+        undefined -> self() ! true;
+        _ -> etap_server ! {self(), state}
+    end,
+    State = receive X -> X end,
+    if
+        State#test_state.planned == -1 ->
+            io:format("1..~p~n", [State#test_state.count]);
+        true ->
+            ok
+    end,
+    case whereis(etap_server) of
+        undefined -> ok;
+        _ -> etap_server ! done, ok
+    end.
+
+bail() ->
+    bail("").
+
+bail(Reason) ->
+    etap_server ! {self(), diag, "Bail out! " ++ Reason},
+    etap_server ! done, ok,
+    ok.
+
+%% @spec test_state() -> Return
+%%       Return = test_state_record() | {error, string()}
+%% @doc Return the current test state
+test_state() ->
+    etap_server ! {self(), state},
+    receive
+	X when is_record(X, test_state) -> X
+    after
+	1000 -> {error, "Timed out waiting for etap server reply.~n"}
+    end.
+
+%% @spec failure_count() -> Return
+%%       Return = integer() | {error, string()}
+%% @doc Return the current failure count
+failure_count() ->
+    case test_state() of
+        #test_state{fail=FailureCount} -> FailureCount;
+        X -> X
+    end.
+
+%% @spec msg(S) -> ok
+%%       S = string()
+%% @doc Print a message in the test output.
+msg(S) -> etap_server ! {self(), diag, S}, ok.
+
+%% @spec msg(Format, Data) -> ok
+%%      Format = atom() | string() | binary()
+%%      Data = [term()]
+%%      UnicodeList = [Unicode]
+%%      Unicode = int()
+%% @doc Print a message in the test output.
+%% Function arguments are passed through io_lib:format/2.
+msg(Format, Data) -> msg(io_lib:format(Format, Data)).
+
+%% @spec diag(S) -> ok
+%%       S = string()
+%% @doc Print a debug/status message related to the test suite.
+diag(S) -> msg("# " ++ S).
+
+%% @spec diag(Format, Data) -> ok
+%%      Format = atom() | string() | binary()
+%%      Data = [term()]
+%%      UnicodeList = [Unicode]
+%%      Unicode = int()
+%% @doc Print a debug/status message related to the test suite.
+%% Function arguments are passed through io_lib:format/2.
+diag(Format, Data) -> diag(io_lib:format(Format, Data)).
+
+%% @spec expectation_mismatch_message(Got, Expected, Desc) -> ok
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Expected = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%% @doc Print an expectation mismatch message in the test output.
+expectation_mismatch_message(Got, Expected, Desc) ->
+    msg("    ---"),
+    msg("    description: ~p", [Desc]),
+    msg("    found:       ~p", [Got]),
+    msg("    wanted:      ~p", [Expected]),
+    msg("    ..."),
+    ok.
+
+% @spec evaluate(Pass, Got, Expected, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Pass = true | false
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Expected = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Evaluate a test statement, printing an expectation mismatch message
+%%       if the test failed.
+evaluate(Pass, Got, Expected, Desc) ->
+    case mk_tap(Pass, Desc) of
+        false ->
+            expectation_mismatch_message(Got, Expected, Desc),
+            false;
+        true ->
+            true
+    end.
+
+%% @spec ok(Expr, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Expr = true | false
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that a statement is true.
+ok(Expr, Desc) -> evaluate(Expr == true, Expr, true, Desc).
+
+%% @spec not_ok(Expr, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Expr = true | false
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that a statement is false.
+not_ok(Expr, Desc) -> evaluate(Expr == false, Expr, false, Desc).
+
+%% @spec is_ok(Expr, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Expr = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that two values are the same.
+is_ok(Expr, Desc) -> evaluate(Expr == ok, Expr, ok, Desc).
+
+%% @spec is(Got, Expected, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Expected = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that two values are the same.
+is(Got, Expected, Desc) -> evaluate(Got == Expected, Got, Expected, Desc).
+
+%% @spec isnt(Got, Expected, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Expected = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that two values are not the same.
+isnt(Got, Expected, Desc) -> evaluate(Got /= Expected, Got, Expected, Desc).
+
+%% @spec is_greater(ValueA, ValueB, Desc) -> Result
+%%       ValueA = number()
+%%       ValueB = number()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that an integer is greater than another.
+is_greater(ValueA, ValueB, Desc) when is_integer(ValueA), is_integer(ValueB) ->
+    mk_tap(ValueA > ValueB, Desc).
+
+%% @spec any(Got, Items, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Items = [any()]
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that an item is in a list.
+any(Got, Items, Desc) when is_function(Got) ->
+    is(lists:any(Got, Items), true, Desc);
+any(Got, Items, Desc) ->
+    is(lists:member(Got, Items), true, Desc).
+
+%% @spec none(Got, Items, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Items = [any()]
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Assert that an item is not in a list.
+none(Got, Items, Desc) when is_function(Got) ->
+    is(lists:any(Got, Items), false, Desc);
+none(Got, Items, Desc) ->
+    is(lists:member(Got, Items), false, Desc).
+
+%% @spec fun_is(Fun, Expected, Desc) -> Result
+%%       Fun = function()
+%%       Expected = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Use an anonymous function to assert a pattern match.
+fun_is(Fun, Expected, Desc) when is_function(Fun) ->
+    is(Fun(Expected), true, Desc).
+
+%% @spec expect_fun(ExpectFun, Got, Desc) -> Result
+%%       ExpectFun = function()
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Use an anonymous function to assert a pattern match, using actual
+%%       value as the argument to the function.
+expect_fun(ExpectFun, Got, Desc) ->
+    evaluate(ExpectFun(Got), Got, ExpectFun, Desc).
+
+%% @spec expect_fun(ExpectFun, Got, Desc, ExpectStr) -> Result
+%%       ExpectFun = function()
+%%       Got = any()
+%%       Desc = string()
+%%       ExpectStr = string()
+%%       Result = true | false
+%% @doc Use an anonymous function to assert a pattern match, using actual
+%%       value as the argument to the function.
+expect_fun(ExpectFun, Got, Desc, ExpectStr) ->
+    evaluate(ExpectFun(Got), Got, ExpectStr, Desc).
+
+%% @equiv skip(TestFun, "")
+skip(TestFun) when is_function(TestFun) ->
+    skip(TestFun, "").
+
+%% @spec skip(TestFun, Reason) -> ok
+%%       TestFun = function()
+%%       Reason = string()
+%% @doc Skip a test.
+skip(TestFun, Reason) when is_function(TestFun), is_list(Reason) ->
+    begin_skip(Reason),
+    catch TestFun(),
+    end_skip(),
+    ok.
+
+%% @spec skip(Q, TestFun, Reason) -> ok
+%%       Q = true | false | function() 
+%%       TestFun = function()
+%%       Reason = string()
+%% @doc Skips a test conditionally. The first argument to this function can
+%% either be the 'true' or 'false' atoms or a function that returns 'true' or
+%% 'false'.
+skip(QFun, TestFun, Reason) when is_function(QFun), is_function(TestFun), is_list(Reason) ->
+    case QFun() of
+        true -> begin_skip(Reason), TestFun(), end_skip();
+        _ -> TestFun()
+    end,
+    ok;
+
+skip(Q, TestFun, Reason) when is_function(TestFun), is_list(Reason), Q == true ->
+    begin_skip(Reason),
+    TestFun(),
+    end_skip(),
+    ok;
+
+skip(_, TestFun, Reason) when is_function(TestFun), is_list(Reason) ->
+    TestFun(),
+    ok.
+
+%% @private
+begin_skip(Reason) ->
+    etap_server ! {self(), begin_skip, Reason}.
+
+%% @private
+end_skip() ->
+    etap_server ! {self(), end_skip}.
+
+%% @spec contains_ok(string(), string(), string()) -> true | false
+%% @doc Assert that a string is contained in another string.
+contains_ok(Source, String, Desc) ->
+    etap:isnt(
+        string:str(Source, String),
+        0,
+        Desc
+    ).
+
+%% @spec is_before(string(), string(), string(), string()) -> true | false
+%% @doc Assert that a string comes before another string within a larger body.
+is_before(Source, StringA, StringB, Desc) ->
+    etap:is_greater(
+        string:str(Source, StringB),
+        string:str(Source, StringA),
+        Desc
+    ).
+
+%% @doc Assert that a given variable is a pid.
+is_pid(Pid, Desc) when is_pid(Pid) -> etap:ok(true, Desc);
+is_pid(_, Desc) -> etap:ok(false, Desc).
+
+%% @doc Assert that a given process/pid is alive.
+is_alive(Pid, Desc) ->
+    etap:ok(erlang:is_process_alive(Pid), Desc).
+
+%% @doc Assert that the current function of a pid is a given {M, F, A} tuple.
+is_mfa(Pid, MFA, Desc) ->
+    etap:is({current_function, MFA}, erlang:process_info(Pid, current_function), Desc).
+
+%% @spec loaded_ok(atom(), string()) -> true | false
+%% @doc Assert that a module has been loaded successfully.
+loaded_ok(M, Desc) when is_atom(M) ->
+    etap:fun_is(fun({module, _}) -> true; (_) -> false end, code:load_file(M), Desc).
+
+%% @spec can_ok(atom(), atom()) -> true | false
+%% @doc Assert that a module exports a given function.
+can_ok(M, F) when is_atom(M), is_atom(F) ->
+    Matches = [X || {X, _} <- M:module_info(exports), X == F],
+    etap:ok(Matches > 0, lists:concat([M, " can ", F])).
+
+%% @spec can_ok(atom(), atom(), integer()) -> true | false
+%% @doc Assert that a module exports a given function with a given arity.
+can_ok(M, F, A) when is_atom(M); is_atom(F), is_number(A) ->
+    Matches = [X || X <- M:module_info(exports), X == {F, A}],
+    etap:ok(Matches > 0, lists:concat([M, " can ", F, "/", A])).
+
+%% @spec has_attrib(M, A) -> true | false
+%%       M = atom()
+%%       A = atom()
+%% @doc Asserts that a module has a given attribute.
+has_attrib(M, A) when is_atom(M), is_atom(A) ->
+    etap:isnt(
+        proplists:get_value(A, M:module_info(attributes), 'asdlkjasdlkads'),
+        'asdlkjasdlkads',
+        lists:concat([M, " has attribute ", A])
+    ).
+
+%% @spec has_attrib(M, A. V) -> true | false
+%%       M = atom()
+%%       A = atom()
+%%       V = any()
+%% @doc Asserts that a module has a given attribute with a given value.
+is_attrib(M, A, V) when is_atom(M) andalso is_atom(A) ->
+    etap:is(
+        proplists:get_value(A, M:module_info(attributes)),
+        [V],
+        lists:concat([M, "'s ", A, " is ", V])
+    ).
+
+%% @spec is_behavior(M, B) -> true | false
+%%       M = atom()
+%%       B = atom()
+%% @doc Asserts that a given module has a specific behavior.
+is_behaviour(M, B) when is_atom(M) andalso is_atom(B) ->
+    is_attrib(M, behaviour, B).
+
+%% @doc Assert that an exception is raised when running a given function.
+dies_ok(F, Desc) ->
+    case (catch F()) of
+        {'EXIT', _} -> etap:ok(true, Desc);
+        _ -> etap:ok(false, Desc)
+    end.
+
+%% @doc Assert that an exception is not raised when running a given function.
+lives_ok(F, Desc) ->
+    etap:is(try_this(F), success, Desc).
+
+%% @doc Assert that the exception thrown by a function matches the given exception.
+throws_ok(F, Exception, Desc) ->
+    try F() of
+        _ -> etap:ok(nok, Desc)
+    catch
+        _:E ->
+            etap:is(E, Exception, Desc)
+    end.
+
+%% @private
+%% @doc Run a function and catch any exceptions.
+try_this(F) when is_function(F, 0) ->
+    try F() of
+        _ -> success
+    catch
+        throw:E -> {throw, E};
+        error:E -> {error, E};
+        exit:E -> {exit, E}
+    end.
+
+%% @private
+%% @doc Start the etap_server process if it is not running already.
+ensure_test_server() ->
+    case whereis(etap_server) of
+        undefined ->
+            proc_lib:start(?MODULE, start_etap_server,[]);
+        _ ->
+            diag("The test server is already running.")
+    end.
+
+%% @private
+%% @doc Start the etap_server loop and register itself as the etap_server
+%% process.
+start_etap_server() ->
+    catch register(etap_server, self()),
+    proc_lib:init_ack(ok),
+    etap:test_server(#test_state{
+        planned = 0,
+        count = 0,
+        pass = 0,
+        fail = 0,
+        skip = 0,
+        skip_reason = ""
+    }).
+
+
+%% @private
+%% @doc The main etap_server receive/run loop. The etap_server receive loop
+%% responds to seven messages apperatining to failure or passing of tests.
+%% It is also used to initiate the testing process with the {_, plan, _}
+%% message that clears the current test state.
+test_server(State) ->
+    NewState = receive
+        {_From, plan, unknown} ->
+            io:format("# Current time local ~s~n", [datetime(erlang:localtime())]),
+            io:format("# Using etap version ~p~n", [ proplists:get_value(vsn, proplists:get_value(attributes, etap:module_info())) ]),
+            State#test_state{
+                planned = -1,
+                count = 0,
+                pass = 0,
+                fail = 0,
+                skip = 0,
+                skip_reason = ""
+            };
+        {_From, plan, N} ->
+            io:format("# Current time local ~s~n", [datetime(erlang:localtime())]),
+            io:format("# Using etap version ~p~n", [ proplists:get_value(vsn, proplists:get_value(attributes, etap:module_info())) ]),
+            io:format("1..~p~n", [N]),
+            State#test_state{
+                planned = N,
+                count = 0,
+                pass = 0,
+                fail = 0,
+                skip = 0,
+                skip_reason = ""
+            };
+        {_From, begin_skip, Reason} ->
+            State#test_state{
+                skip = 1,
+                skip_reason = Reason
+            };
+        {_From, end_skip} ->
+            State#test_state{
+                skip = 0,
+                skip_reason = ""
+            };
+        {_From, pass, Desc} ->
+            FullMessage = skip_diag(
+                " - " ++ Desc,
+                State#test_state.skip,
+                State#test_state.skip_reason
+            ),
+            io:format("ok ~p ~s~n", [State#test_state.count + 1, FullMessage]),
+            State#test_state{
+                count = State#test_state.count + 1,
+                pass = State#test_state.pass + 1
+            };
+            
+        {_From, fail, Desc} ->
+            FullMessage = skip_diag(
+                " - " ++ Desc,
+                State#test_state.skip,
+                State#test_state.skip_reason
+            ),
+            io:format("not ok ~p ~s~n", [State#test_state.count + 1, FullMessage]),
+            State#test_state{
+                count = State#test_state.count + 1,
+                fail = State#test_state.fail + 1
+            };
+        {From, state} ->
+            From ! State,
+            State;
+        {_From, diag, Message} ->
+            io:format("~s~n", [Message]),
+            State;
+        {From, count} ->
+            From ! State#test_state.count,
+            State;
+        {From, is_skip} ->
+            From ! State#test_state.skip,
+            State;
+        done ->
+            exit(normal)
+    end,
+    test_server(NewState).
+
+%% @private
+%% @doc Process the result of a test and send it to the etap_server process.
+mk_tap(Result, Desc) ->
+    IsSkip = lib:sendw(etap_server, is_skip),
+    case [IsSkip, Result] of
+        [_, true] ->
+            etap_server ! {self(), pass, Desc},
+            true;                        
+        [1, _] ->                        
+            etap_server ! {self(), pass, Desc},
+            true;                        
+        _ ->                             
+            etap_server ! {self(), fail, Desc},
+            false
+    end.
+
+%% @private
+%% @doc Format a date/time string.
+datetime(DateTime) ->
+    {{Year, Month, Day}, {Hour, Min, Sec}} = DateTime,
+    io_lib:format("~4.10.0B-~2.10.0B-~2.10.0B ~2.10.0B:~2.10.0B:~2.10.0B", [Year, Month, Day, Hour, Min, Sec]).
+
+%% @private
+%% @doc Craft an output message taking skip/todo into consideration.
+skip_diag(Message, 0, _) ->
+    Message;
+skip_diag(_Message, 1, "") ->
+    " # SKIP";
+skip_diag(_Message, 1, Reason) ->
+    " # SKIP : " ++ Reason.