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+DESCRIPTION="Robust, small and high performance http and reverse proxy server"
+SUMMARY="Robust, small and high performance http and reverse proxy server"
+HOMEPAGE="http://nginx.org/"
+SRC_URI="hg+http://hg.nginx.org/nginx#f87afb46ccd2"
+#CHECKSUM_SHA256=""
+REVISION="1"
+# "it's complicated", cf. http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-servers/nginx
+#TODO: sort this out
+LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="
+	2002-2014 Igor Sysoev
+	2011-2014 Nginx, Inc.
+	"
+
+#FIXME: on ./auto/configure:
+#grep: /etc/group: No such file or directory
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	nginx$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:nginx$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	lib:libpcre$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libssl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	devel:libpcre$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libssl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:awk
+	cmd:gcc${secondaryArchSuffix}
+	cmd:ld${secondaryArchSuffix}
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:ranlib
+	cmd:sed
+	cmd:find
+	"
+	
+PATCHES="nginx-1.7.4_hg.diff"
+
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
+	settings/nginx directory
+	"
+
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	./auto/configure --prefix=$prefix \
+		--sbin-path=$binDir/nginx \
+		--doc-prefix=$docDir \
+		--conf-path=$settingsDir/nginx/nginx.conf \
+		--error-log-path=$localStateDir/log/error.log \
+		--http-log-path=$localStateDir/log/access.log \
+		--pid-path=$localStateDir/nginx.pid \
+		--lock-path=$localStateDir/nginx.lock \
+		--with-debug
+
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	mkdir -p $binDir
+	mkdir -p $docDir
+	make install
+}