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+# Template file for 'cparser'
+pkgname=cparser
+version=1.22.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
+makedepends="libfirm-devel"
+depends="gcc" # to link and assemble
+short_desc="C99 parser (with GNU extensions) and libfirm frontend"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://libfirm.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/MatzeB/${pkgname}/archive/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0965aa23d8ed7d4cce309806fec2d2c18ad20a74a084340baed0dc874b24175b
+
+post_extract() {
+	rmdir libfirm
+}
+
+do_configure() {
+	cat <<EOF >config.mak
+variant = release
+CFLAGS_release = $CFLAGS
+LINKFLAGS_release = $LDFLAGS
+V = 1
+CC = $CC
+FIRM_CPPFLAGS =
+FIRM_LIBS = -lfirm -lm
+COMPILER_INCLUDE_DIR = -DCOMPILER_INCLUDE_DIR=\"/usr/lib/${pkgname}/include\"
+EOF
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin build/release/cparser
+	vman cparser.1
+	vmkdir usr/lib/${pkgname}
+	vcopy include usr/lib/${pkgname}
+}