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+# Template file for 'kaitai-struct-compiler'
+pkgname=kaitai-struct-compiler
+version=0.7
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+hostmakedepends="wget unzip"
+depends="virtual?java-environment"
+short_desc="Compiler for the Kaitai declarative binary format parsing language"
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://kaitai.io"
+distfiles="https://bintray.com/kaitai-io/universal/download_file?file_path=$version%2F$pkgname-$version.zip"
+checksum=2fdd2646ea019bbf55be5bc27f24b037a7152514dbafbb7cfcdaf27a1d190045
+
+XBPS_FETCH_CMD=wget
+
+pre_install() {
+	# patch libdir
+	sed -i 's|lib_dir=.*|lib_dir="/usr/share/java/kaitai-struct-compiler"|g' bin/$pkgname
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	for lib in lib/*.jar; do
+		vinstall $lib 644 usr/share/java/$pkgname
+	done
+	vbin bin/$pkgname
+	ln -s $pkgname $DESTDIR/usr/bin/ksc
+}