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+# Template file for 'i3-gaps'
+pkgname=i3-gaps
+version=4.11
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl git"
+makedepends="pcre-devel yajl-devel libxcb-devel libev-devel
+ pango-devel startup-notification-devel libxkbcommon-devel
+ xcb-util-keysyms-devel xcb-util-wm-devel xcb-util-cursor-devel"
+short_desc="Improved tiling window manager - gaps branch with additional features"
+maintainer="ian c. <ian@airmail.cc>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="https://github.com/Airblader/i3"
+
+provides="i3-${version}_${revision}"
+replaces="i3>=0"
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	*-musl) makedepends+=" libglob-devel";;
+esac
+
+do_fetch() {
+	local url="git://github.com/Airblader/i3.git"
+	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
+	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
+	cd ${pkgname}-${version} ; git checkout gaps ; git pull ; cd ..
+}
+
+pre_build() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		*-musl)
+		sed -i "/LIBS =/s,-lm,& ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/libglob.a,g" common.mk
+		sed -i '/include/s,glob.h,libglob/glob.h,g' i3bar/src/main.c libi3/resolve_tilde.c
+		sed -i '/GLOB_TILDE/s/glob(/g_glob(/g' i3bar/src/main.c libi3/resolve_tilde.c
+		sed -i 's/globfree(/g_globfree(/g' i3bar/src/main.c libi3/resolve_tilde.c
+		;;
+	esac
+}
+
+post_install() { vlicense LICENSE; }