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+# Template file for 'luarocks-lua52'
+pkgname=luarocks-lua52
+version=2.2.2
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc=${pkgname%-*}-${version}
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="
+ --prefix=/usr
+ --sysconfdir=/etc/luarocks
+ --lua-version=5.2
+ --lua-suffix=5.2
+ --with-lua-include=/usr/include/lua5.2
+ --with-downloader=curl
+ --versioned-rocks-dir"
+makedepends="lua52-devel"
+depends="lua52 curl"
+conf_files="/etc/luarocks/config-5.2.lua"
+short_desc="Package management for Lua modules"
+maintainer="Duncaen <mail@duncano.de>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://luarocks.org/"
+distfiles="http://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=4f0427706873f30d898aeb1dfb6001b8a3478e46a5249d015c061fe675a1f022
+
+alternatives="
+ luarocks:luarocks:/usr/bin/luarocks-5.2
+ luarocks:luarocks-admin:/usr/bin/luarocks-admin-5.2"
+
+pre_install() {
+	sed -i -e 's;env lua;env lua5.2;g' src/bin/luarocks{,-admin}
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+	rm -rfv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/luarocks{,-admin}
+}