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+SUMMARY="Proj.4 cartographic projection software."
+DESCRIPTION="
+Proj.4 is a library for performing conversions between cartographic projections.
+"
+HOMEPAGE="http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/"
+COPYRIGHT="
+	2000, Frank Warmerdam
+	"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SRC_URI="http://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-$portVersion.zip"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="b502df56db315e358d4e73a268426d7b0a17a7a5644d5339e8c270fa3c6c72ec"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_64"
+if [ $effectiveTargetArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
+	# x86_gcc2 is fine as primary target architecture as long as we're building
+	# for a different secondary architecture.
+	ARCHITECTURES="$ARCHITECTURES x86_gcc2"
+fi
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+if [ $targetArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
+	commandSuffix=
+	commandBinDir=$prefix/bin
+fi
+PROVIDES="
+	proj$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 4
+	lib:libproj$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.7.0 compat >= 0.7
+	cmd:cs2cs
+	cmd:geod
+	cmd:invgeod
+	cmd:invproj
+	cmd:nad2bin
+	cmd:proj
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	"
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:awk
+	"
+	
+BUILD()
+{
+	chmod +x ./configure
+	runConfigure ./configure
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libproj
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir \
+		$manDir/man3
+}
+
+# ----- devel package -------------------------------------------------------
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	proj${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 4
+	devel:libproj$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.7.0 compat >= 0.7
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	proj$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"