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+# Template file for 'NetworkManager-l2tp'
+pkgname=NetworkManager-l2tp
+version=1.8.2
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--runstatedir=/run"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel"
+makedepends="gtk+3-devel glib-devel libglib-devel libsecret-devel
+ network-manager-applet-devel libressl-devel nss-devel ppp-devel"
+depends="strongswan xl2tpd ppp"
+short_desc="NetworkManager VPN plugin for L2TP/IPsec"
+maintainer="Douglas Kosovic <doug@uq.edu.au>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp"
+distfiles="${homepage}/releases/download/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=1d80986dc88951e298446833d314bab7af0a933e736960d6b3b025e6b7faca94
+
+# Automatically determine the pppd plugin dir location, but will need to
+# revbump this package whenever version of ppp package is updated.
+do_configure() {
+	PPP_VERSION=$(awk '/VERSION/{print $3}' ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/pppd/patchlevel.h)
+
+	./configure ${configure_args} --with-pppd-plugin-dir=/usr/lib/pppd/${PPP_VERSION}
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	mv $DESTDIR/etc/dbus-1 $DESTDIR/usr/share
+}