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+# Copyright 1999-2010 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: $
+
+EAPI="3"
+
+inherit autotools base eutils flag-o-matic
+
+MY_P=${PN}-services-${PV}
+DESCRIPTION="A portable and secure set of open-source and modular IRC services"
+HOMEPAGE="http://atheme.net/"
+SRC_URI="http://atheme.net/downloads/${MY_P}.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="debug largenet ldap pcre profile ssl"
+
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/libmowgli
+	ldap? ( net-nds/openldap )
+	pcre? ( dev-libs/libpcre )
+	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl )"
+DEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	dev-util/pkgconfig"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	# the dependency calculation puts all of the .c files together and
+	# overwhelms cc1 with this flag :-(
+	filter-flags -combine
+
+	enewgroup ${PN}
+	enewuser ${PN} -1 -1 /var/lib/${PN} ${PN}
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-with-ldap.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-ldap-as-needed.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-depend-parallel.patch
+
+	# fix atheme's sorry attempt at ``FHS paths'':
+	sed -i -e 's;\(DATADIR=.*\)lib/;\1;' configure.ac || die
+
+	eaclocal -I m4
+	eautoheader
+	eautoconf
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf --enable-fhs-paths \
+		--sysconfdir="${EPREFIX}"/etc/${PN} \
+		--docdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF} \
+		$(use debug || echo --enable-propolice) \
+		$(use_enable largenet large-net) \
+		$(use_with ldap) \
+		$(use_enable profile) \
+		$(use_with pcre) \
+		$(use_enable ssl)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die
+
+	insinto /etc/${PN}
+	for conf in dist/*.example; do
+		newins ${conf} $(basename ${conf} .example)  || die "installing ${conf/.example//}"
+	done
+
+	fowners -R root:atheme /etc/atheme/ \
+		/var/lib/{run/,log/,}${PN} || die
+}
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