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+# Template file for 'cross-${_triplet}-${_pkgname}'
+_triplet=arm-none-eabi
+_pkgname=gdb
+pkgname=cross-${_triplet}-${_pkgname}
+version=8.2.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${_pkgname}-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/${_pkgname}"
+configure_args="
+ --disable-gdbserver
+ --disable-nls
+ --disable-werror
+ --host=${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLE}
+ --prefix=/usr
+ --target=${_triplet}
+ --with-babeltrace
+ --with-expat
+ --with-mpfr
+ --with-system-readline
+ --with-system-zlib
+ --without-isl
+ $(vopt_with guile)
+ $(vopt_with python)
+"
+hostmakedepends="autoconf automake bison flex pkg-config"
+makedepends="babeltrace-devel expat-devel mpfr-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel zlib-devel $(vopt_if guile guile-devel) $(vopt_if python 'python3-devel gettext-libs')"
+short_desc="GNU Debugger"
+maintainer="Ivan Sokolov <ivan-p-sokolov@ya.ru>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/${_pkgname}"
+distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${_pkgname}/${_pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=0a6a432907a03c5c8eaad3c3cffd50c00a40c3a5e3c4039440624bae703f2202
+build_options="guile python"
+# don't enable guile and python interfaces until they are moved into
+# platform independent packages
+build_options_default=" "
+nocross=yes
+
+post_install() {
+	# resolve conflicts with binutils and native gdb
+	rm -fr ${DESTDIR}/usr/{share/{locale,gdb,info},include}
+}