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+# Template file for 'dtools'
+pkgname=dtools
+# keep this synchronized with libphobos and dmd
+version=2.081.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="tools-${version}"
+hostmakedepends="dmd"
+makedepends="libcurl-devel"
+depends="libphobos>=${version}"
+short_desc="Ancillary tools for the D programming language"
+maintainer="Auri <me@aurieh.me>"
+license="BSL-1.0"
+homepage="http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/dlang/tools/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=71fa249dbfd278eec2b95ce577af32e623e44caf0d993905ddc189e3beec21d0
+
+do_build() {
+	# rdmd can't be built normally, is used to build others
+	dmd -od. -ofdtools-rdmd rdmd.d
+
+	for tool in DustMite/dustmite catdoc checkwhitespace contributors ddemangle detab tolf changed dget rdmd_test; do
+		./dtools-rdmd --compiler=dmd --build-only -od. -ofdtools-"$(basename "${tool}")" "${tool}.d"
+	done
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin dtools-rdmd rdmd
+	vbin dtools-dustmite dustmite
+	vbin dtools-ddemangle ddemangle
+	vbin dtools-dget dget
+	for tool in catdoc checkwhitespace contributors detab tolf changed rdmd_test; do
+		vbin "dtools-${tool}"
+	done
+
+	vman man/man1/rdmd.1
+
+	vlicense LICENSE.txt
+}