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+# Template file for 'exult'
+pkgname=exult
+version=1.12.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-tools --enable-lto --datadir=/usr/share"
+hostmakedepends="automake autoconf autoconf-archive libtool pkg-config"
+makedepends="fluidsynth-devel libmt32emu-devel libogg-devel libpng-devel libvorbis-devel SDL2-devel SDL2_image-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Free runtime for the Ultima 7 game series"
+maintainer="Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="http://www.exult.info/"
+changelog=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/exult/exult/refs/heads/master/NEWS
+distfiles="https://github.com/exult/exult/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="1734fb8fc76696c7697f00d53e1c5c04b889ab4cabd95e4a3e0380bc35ee5392"
+
+# Cross-compilation fails with:
+# checking for expack... no
+# While cross compiling you need to have a build system native
+# expack in your path to generate Exult's data files.
+# After you natively compiled Exult you will find expack in the tools subfolder.
+# configure: error: Could not find expack in your path, cannot generate data files.
+nocross="Requires a build system native tool to generate Exult's data files"
+
+case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+i686) broken="test suite failure" ;;
+esac
+
+# You can configure the path to the copy of the original game(s)
+# in the ~/.exult.cfg file, like the following
+
+# <config>
+#   <disk>
+#     <game>
+#       <blackgate>
+#         <path>/home/user/Downloads/Games/Ultima7/Ultima7</path>
+#       </blackgate>
+#     </game>
+#   </disk>
+# </config>
+
+# See the README file in https://github.com/exult/exult for more infos
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin exult
+	vinstall data/exult.flx 0644 usr/share/exult
+	vinstall data/exult_bg.flx 0644 usr/share/exult
+	vinstall data/exult_si.flx 0644 usr/share/exult
+}