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+# Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-util/boost-build/boost-build-1.41.0.ebuild,v 1.1 2009/12/02 15:25:01 djc Exp $
+
+EAPI="2"
+
+inherit flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs versionator
+
+MY_PV=$(replace_all_version_separators _)
+MAJOR_PV="$(replace_all_version_separators _ $(get_version_component_range 1-2))"
+
+DESCRIPTION="A system for large project software construction, which is simple to use and powerful."
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.boost.org/doc/tools/build/index.html"
+SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_${MY_PV}.tar.bz2"
+LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
+SLOT="$(get_version_component_range 1-2)"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="examples python"
+
+DEPEND="!<dev-libs/boost-1.34.0
+	!<=dev-util/boost-build-1.35.0-r1
+	python? ( dev-lang/python )"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/boost_${MY_PV}/tools"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	ewarn "Compilation of boost-build is known to break if {C,LD}FLAGS contain"
+	ewarn "extra white space (bug 293652)"
+}
+
+src_unpack() {
+	tar xjpf "${DISTDIR}/${A}" boost_${MY_PV}/tools/{jam,build/v2} || die
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/boost-1.41-fix-mpich2-detection.patch"
+
+	# Remove stripping option
+	cd "${S}/jam/src"
+	sed -i -e 's|-s\b||' \
+		build.jam || die "sed failed"
+
+	# Force regeneration
+	rm jambase.c
+
+	# This patch allows us to fully control optimization
+	# and stripping flags when bjam is used as build-system
+	# We simply extend the optimization and debug-symbols feature
+	# with empty dummies called 'none'
+	cd "${S}/build/v2"
+	sed -i \
+		-e 's/\(off speed space\)/\1 none/' \
+		-e 's/\(debug-symbols      : on off\)/\1 none/' \
+		tools/builtin.jam || die "sed failed"
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cd jam/src
+	local toolset
+
+	if [[ ${CHOST} == *-darwin* ]] ; then
+		toolset=darwin
+	else
+		# Using boost's generic toolset here, which respects CC and CFLAGS
+		toolset=cc
+	fi
+
+	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
+
+	# For slotting
+	sed -i \
+		-e "s|/usr/share/boost-build|/usr/share/boost-build-${MAJOR_PV}|" \
+		Jambase || die "sed failed"
+
+	# The build.jam file for building bjam using a bootstrapped jam0 ignores
+	# the LDFLAGS env var (bug #209794). We have now two options:
+	# a) change the cc-target definition in build.jam to include separate compile
+	#    and link targets to make it use the LDFLAGS var, or
+	# b) a simple dirty workaround by injecting the LDFLAGS in the LIBS env var
+	#    (which should not be set by us).
+	if [[ -z "${LDFLAGS}" ]] ; then
+		CC=$(tc-getCC) ./build.sh ${toolset} $(use_with python) \
+			|| die "building bjam failed"
+	else
+		LIBS=${LDFLAGS} CC=$(tc-getCC) ./build.sh ${toolset} \
+			$(use_with python) || die "building bjam failed"
+	fi
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	newbin jam/src/bin.*/bjam bjam-${MAJOR_PV}
+
+	cd "${S}/build/v2"
+	insinto /usr/share/boost-build-${MAJOR_PV}
+	doins -r boost-build.jam bootstrap.jam build-system.jam site-config.jam user-config.jam \
+		build kernel options tools util || die
+
+	dodoc changes.txt hacking.txt release_procedure.txt \
+		notes/build_dir_option.txt notes/relative_source_paths.txt
+
+	if use examples ; then
+		insinto /usr/share/doc/${PF}
+		doins -r example
+	fi
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	cd jam/test
+	./test.sh || die "tests failed"
+}