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+# Template file for 'pandoc'
+pkgname=pandoc
+version=1.13.2
+_citeproc_version=0.6
+revision=1
+nocross=yes
+hostmakedepends="cabal-install"
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Universal converter between markup formats (with citeproc support)"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/"
+distfiles="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e65c445f4454e9efcf1bc8c28754260d7108803bd8979bc2ff3c34705e386d8a
+
+do_build() {
+	cabal sandbox init
+	export PATH="$PWD/.cabal-sandbox/bin:$PATH"
+	cabal update
+	cabal install ${makejobs} --user hsb2hs
+	cabal install ${makejobs} --user --only-dependencies
+	cabal configure -v --prefix=/usr --libsubdir='$pkg' \
+		--datasubdir='$pkg' --docdir='$datadir/doc/$pkg' \
+		--flags="embed_data_files"
+	cabal build ${makejobs}
+	cabal install ${makejobs} --user pandoc-citeproc-${_citeproc_version} \
+		--flags="embed_data_files"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	cabal copy --destdir="$DESTDIR/"
+	vlicense "$DESTDIR/usr/share/pandoc/COPYRIGHT" LICENSE.pandoc
+	for f in .cabal-sandbox/share/doc/*/pandoc-citeproc-*/LICENSE; do
+		vlicense $f LICENSE.pandoc-citeproc
+	done
+	rm -r "$DESTDIR/usr/lib" "$DESTDIR/usr/share/doc/pandoc/COPYING" \
+		"$DESTDIR/usr/share/pandoc/COPYRIGHT"
+	vbin .cabal-sandbox/bin/pandoc-citeproc
+	vman .cabal-sandbox/share/man/man1/pandoc-citeproc.1
+	vman man/man1/pandoc.1
+	vman man/man5/pandoc_markdown.5
+}