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+# Template file for 'eggdrop'
+pkgname=eggdrop
+version=1.8.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="tcl-devel"
+makedepends="tcl-devel libressl-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Internet relay chat (IRC) bot"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.eggheads.org/"
+distfiles="https://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/${version%.*}/eggdrop-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=79644eb27a5568934422fa194ce3ec21cfb9a71f02069d39813e85d99cdebf9e
+
+pre_build() {
+	make config
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	_lib="usr/lib/eggdrop"
+	_share="usr/share/eggdrop"
+	_conf="etc/eggdrop"
+
+	make install DEST=ed_staging
+
+	vbin eggdrop
+
+	vmkdir "${_lib}"
+	vcopy "ed_staging/modules/*.so" "${_lib}"
+	vsed -e "s|modules/|/${_lib}/|" -i eggdrop.conf
+
+	for _asset in language scripts help; do
+		vmkdir "${_share}/${_asset}/"
+		vcopy "ed_staging/${_asset}/*" "${_share}/${_asset}"
+		vsed -e "s|${_asset}/|/${_share}/&|" -i eggdrop.conf
+	done
+
+	vmkdir "${_conf}/text"
+	vcopy "ed_staging/text/*" "${_conf}/text"
+	vsed -e "s|text/|/${_conf}/&|" -i eggdrop.conf
+
+	vsconf eggdrop.conf
+	vsconf eggdrop-basic.conf
+}