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+# Template file for 'p7zip'
+pkgname=p7zip
+version=9.20.1
+wrksrc=${pkgname}_${version}
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}_src_all.tar.bz2"
+build_style=custom-install
+short_desc="Command-line version of the 7zip compressed file archive"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=49557e7ffca08100f9fc687f4dfc5aea703ca207640c76d9dee7b66f03cb4782
+long_desc="
+ p7zip is the Unix port of 7-Zip, a file archiver that archives with very
+ high compression ratios."
+
+Add_dependency run libgcc
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run libstdc++
+Add_dependency build yasm
+Add_dependency build nasm
+
+do_build()
+{
+	if [ "$xbps_machine" = "x86_64" ]; then
+		cp makefile.linux_amd64_asm makefile.machine
+	else
+		cp makefile.linux_x86_asm_gcc_4.X makefile.machine
+	fi
+	sed -i "s|usr/local|usr|g" makefile
+
+	make ${makejobs} all3 OPTFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+}
+
+do_install()
+{
+	make install DEST_HOME="${DESTDIR}/usr" \
+		DEST_MAN="${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man" \
+		DEST_SHARE_DOC="${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}"
+
+	sed "s|${DESTDIR}/usr|/usr|g" -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/7z{,a,r}
+}