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+# Template file for 'nim'
+pkgname=nim
+version=0.10.2
+revision=1
+depends="gcc"
+makedepends="libzip"
+hostmakedepends="git ed"
+short_desc="The Nim programming language"
+maintainer="allan <mail@may.mooo.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://nim-lang.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Araq/Nim/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=66d8ce904abdad628629f214593ee79da4eb342db8f022c4e451e153872a236d
+wrksrc=Nim-$version
+
+post_extract() {
+	cd $wrksrc
+	test -d csources ||
+	git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/nim-lang/csources
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		arm*)
+			ed >/dev/null 2>&1 config/nim.cfg <<-EDIT
+				,s/^arm.linux.gcc.exe .*/arm.linux.gcc.exe = "$CC"/
+				,s/^arm.linux.gcc.linkerexe .*/arm.linux.gcc.linkerexe = "$CC"/
+				w
+				q
+			EDIT
+	esac
+
+	cd csources && sh build.sh
+	cd ..
+
+	ed >/dev/null 2>&1 koch.nim <<-EDIT
+		,s/-d:useLibzipSrc//
+		w
+		q
+	EDIT
+	bin/nim c koch
+
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		arm*) bin/nim c -d:release --os:linux --cpu:arm compiler/nim;;
+		*) ./koch boot -d:release
+	esac
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	./koch install ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		mv compiler/nim ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/nim/bin/nim
+	fi
+
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	ln -s /usr/lib/nim/bin/nim \
+		${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/nim
+}