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+SUMMARY="An encoder for x264 h.264/AVC"
+DESCRIPTION="x264 is a h.264/AVC encoder library."
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html"
+COPYRIGHT="2003-2017 VideoLan.org"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/x264-snapshot-$portVersion-2245.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="f5cd230cde94e13f0f09975b0eb02419ccf5325185d30b483c672866c24a7644"
+SOURCE_DIR="x264-snapshot-$portVersion-2245"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	x264$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 20140308
+	cmd:x264$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libx264$secondaryArchSuffix = 148 compat >= 148
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	x264${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 20140308
+	devel:libx264$secondaryArchSuffix = 148 compat >= 148
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	x264$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:yasm >= 1.2.0
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	CFLAGS="-fPIC" runConfigure --omit-dirs \
+		"manDir oldIncludeDir sbinDir localStateDir sharedStateDir sysconfDir infoDir dataDir dataRootDir libExecDir docDir" \
+		--omit-buildspec ./configure --enable-pic --enable-shared \
+		--extra-ldflags='-Wl,-Bsymbolic'
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libx264
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir
+}