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+# Template file for 'base-system-runit'
+pkgname=base-system-runit
+version=0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=meta
+homepage="http://www.voidlinux.eu/"
+short_desc="Void Linux base system meta package with runit"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="Public domain"
+
+conflicts="base-system>=0"
+
+makedepends="
+ base-files>=0.77 ncurses coreutils findutils gcc glibc glibc-locales diffutils dash bash
+ grep gzip texinfo file sed gawk less util-linux which tar man-pages man-db
+ shadow e2fsprogs btrfs-progs xfsprogs f2fs-tools dosfstools kbd psmisc procps-ng
+ tzdata pciutils iana-etc eudev runit-void dcron?cron-daemon openssh dhcpcd
+ iproute2 iputils iw wpa_supplicant xbps netbsd-wtf nvi sudo wifi-firmware
+ void-artwork nss-mdns traceroute ethtool parted kmod"
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686) makedepends+=" linux grub";;
+	x86_64) makedepends+=" linux grub-x86_64-efi";;
+esac
+
+# gcc and glibc shouldn't be direct dependencies.
+for f in ${makedepends}; do
+	if [ "$f" != "gcc" -a "$f" != "glibc" ]; then
+		depends+=" $f"
+	fi
+done
+
+do_install() {
+	# Create /sbin/init symlink to runit-init.
+	vmkdir usr/sbin
+	ln -s /usr/bin/runit-init ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin/init
+}