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+SUMMARY="HTTP client/server library for GNOME"
+DESCRIPTION="libsoup is an HTTP client/server library for GNOME. \
+It uses GObjects and the glib main loop, to integrate well with \
+GNOME applications, and also has a synchronous API, for use in threaded applications."
+HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/libsoup/"
+COPYRIGHT="2005 - 2015 The GNOME Project"
+LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libsoup/2.53/libsoup-2.53.1.tar.xz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="8b05acee07ae7973c6ff22c4949f7a1a954236c639de5d7b3e7726b2c9a6bb79"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	libsoup$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libsoup$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.4
+	lib:libsoup_2.4$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.4
+	"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libglib_networking_2.0${secondaryArchSuffix}
+	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libxml2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libsqlite3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libcurl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	libsoup${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:libsoup$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.4
+	devel:libsoup_2.4$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.4
+	"
+
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	libsoup$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	lib:libglib_networking_2.0${secondaryArchSuffix}
+	devel:libglib_2.0$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libxml2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libsqlite3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libcurl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:intltool_update
+	cmd:libtool
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:python
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	runConfigure ./configure --disable-nls --without-gnome --disable-tls-check \
+		--enable-vala=no --enable-introspection=no --disable-gtk-doc-html
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+	
+	fixPkgconfig
+	
+	rm -rf $dataDir/gtk-doc
+	
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libsoup-2.4
+
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir
+}