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+SUMMARY="XML parser toolkit"
+DESCRIPTION="Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a \
+stream-oriented parser in which an application registers handlers for things \
+the parser might find in the XML document (like start tags)."
+HOMEPAGE="http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
+COPYRIGHT="1998-2000 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd and Clark Cooper
+	2001-2017 Expat maintainers."
+LICENSE="MIT"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://downloads.sf.net/expat/expat-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="b31890fb02f85c002a67491923f89bda5028a880fd6c374f707193ad81aace5f"
+PATCHES="
+	Makefile.am.patch
+	"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 ?arm"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	expat$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 2.2
+	lib:libexpat$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.6.5 compat >= 1
+	"
+if [ -z "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
+	PROVIDES="$PROVIDES
+		cmd:xmlwf = $portVersion compat >= 2.2
+		"
+fi
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	expat${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:libexpat$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.6.5 compat >= 1
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	expat$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal -I conftools -I m4
+	autoconf
+	runConfigure ./configure
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+
+	rm $libDir/libexpat.la
+
+	# remove command and manual for secondary architecture
+	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
+		rm -rf $binDir $documentationDir
+	fi
+
+	# prepare develop/lib
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib libexpat
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make check
+}