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+SUMMARY="A YAML parser and emitter in C++"
+DESCRIPTION="yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++ matching the YAML \
+1.2 spec."
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp"
+COPYRIGHT="2018 Jesse Beder"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/archive/yaml-cpp-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="25ec37e6d82ab8c485926d69a5567741c7263515f8631e5dcb3fb4708e6b0d0d"
+SOURCE_DIR="yaml-cpp-yaml-cpp-$portVersion"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+libVersion="0.6.0"
+libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%.*}"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	yaml_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libyaml_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	yaml_cpp${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:libyaml_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	yaml_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	devel:libgtest$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:cmake
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	mkdir -p build && cd "$_"
+	cmake .. \
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+		-DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF \
+		-DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$prefix
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	cd build
+	make install
+
+	mkdir -p `dirname $includeDir` $libDir
+	mv $prefix/include $includeDir
+
+	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
+		mv $prefix/lib/libyaml-cpp* $prefix/lib/pkgconfig $libDir/
+	fi
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib libyaml-cpp
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	# tests make the build considerably longer
+	# TODO: fail with: The current thread is not holding the mutex @0xf96b94
+	# probably because gtest is not ported (also it uses bundled one)
+
+	cp -r build build_test
+	cd build_test
+
+	cmake .. \
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+		-DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=ON \
+		-DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
+		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$prefix
+
+	make $jobArgs
+	cd test
+	./run-tests
+}