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+SUMMARY="A file format and library for storing scientific data"
+DESCRIPTION="HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies \
+of HDF4.x. It has a more powerful and flexible data model, supports files \
+larger than 2 GB, and supports parallel I/O."
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/"
+COPYRIGHT="2011-2016 The HDF Group,
+	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois."
+LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current18/src/hdf5-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="cdb195ad8d9e6782acf24b2488061289f615628c2ccda8457b0a0c3fb7a8a063"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	libhdf5$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:gif2h5$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h52gif$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5c++$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5cc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5copy$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5debug$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5diff$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5dump$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5fc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5import$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5jam$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5ls$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5mkgrp$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5perf_serial$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5redeploy$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5repack$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5repart$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5stat$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:h5unjam$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libhdf5$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 10
+	lib:libhdf5_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 13
+	lib:libhdf5_fortran$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 0
+	lib:libhdf5_hl$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 10
+	lib:libhdf5_hl_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 11
+	lib:libhdf5hl_fortran$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 10
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgettextpo$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgfortran$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgomp$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	libhdf5${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:libhdf5$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 10
+	devel:libhdf5_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 13
+	devel:libhdf5_fortran$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 0
+	devel:libhdf5_hl$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 10
+	devel:libhdf5_hl_cpp$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 11
+	devel:libhdf5hl_fortran$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 10
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	libhdf5$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	devel:libgettextlib$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoreconf
+	cmd:awk
+	cmd:gettext$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gfortran$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:grep
+	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	autoreconf -i
+	runConfigure ./configure \
+		--enable-hl \
+		--disable-threadsafe \
+		--enable-build-mode=production \
+		--enable-fortran \
+		--enable-fortran2003 \
+		--enable-cxx \
+		--disable-sharedlib-rpath
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install $jobArgs
+
+	for f in libhdf5 libhdf5_cpp libhdf5_fortran libhdf5_hl libhdf5_hl_cpp libhdf5hl_fortran; do
+		rm $libDir/$f.la
+	done
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
+		libhdf5 \
+		libhdf5_cpp \
+		libhdf5_fortran \
+		libhdf5_hl \
+		libhdf5_hl_cpp \
+		libhdf5hl_fortran
+
+	fixPkgconfig
+
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir
+
+	mkdir -p $docDir
+	mv $prefix/share/hdf5_examples $docDir/
+	rm -rf $prefix/share
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make tests
+}