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+# Template file for 'freecol'
+pkgname=freecol
+version=1.2.0
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="openjdk11 apache-ant tar"
+depends="virtual?java-runtime"
+short_desc="Free Colonization clone"
+maintainer="Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://www.freecol.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/FreeCol/freecol/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="21f5c0cddb885dc24756b4fb93728d53c4b20eb12fcad98757a66ec35b78710f"
+
+do_build() {
+	. /etc/profile
+	# Pass version to avoid interactivity in "askReleaseVersion" target
+	# Do not generate the pdf documentation
+	ant -Dfreecol.version=${version} -Dprint.manual.is.up.to.date=true -Dprint.devmanual.is.up.to.date=true clean dist
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	vmkdir usr/share/freecol
+
+	# Do not use the supplied launch script:
+	# But instead create one with the right classpath & data folder
+	cat <<-EOF >freecol
+		#!/bin/sh
+		exec java -Xmx2G -cp '/usr/share/java/freecol/*' net.sf.freecol.FreeCol --freecol-data /usr/share/freecol/data
+	EOF
+	vbin freecol
+
+	vinstall dist/base/freecol/freecol.xpm 644 usr/share/pixmaps
+	vinstall dist/base/freecol/freecol.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
+
+	cp -pHR dist/base/freecol/data ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/freecol
+
+	for f in dist/base/freecol/FreeCol.jar dist/base/freecol/jars/*.jar; do
+		vinstall $f 644 usr/share/java/freecol
+	done
+}