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+# Template file for 'msp430-toolchain'
+pkgname=msp430-toolchain
+version=3.02.03.00
+revision=1
+short_desc="Toolchain for the TI MSP430 microprocessor"
+maintainer="allan <mail@may.mooo.com>"
+homepage="http://www.ti.com/tool/msp430-gcc-opensource"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="http://software-dl.ti.com/msp430/msp430_public_sw/mcu/msp430/MSPGCC/latest/exports/msp430-gcc-source.tar.bz2
+	   http://software-dl.ti.com/msp430/msp430_public_sw/mcu/msp430/MSPGCC/latest/exports/msp430-gcc-support-files.zip"
+checksum="67179535e68951bfb82f8bb1bf099a716e921f11b1ad773c87a08b6054ed31b0
+	  303b743fae597c8861c6bd85bb52d9b4ad51d6537bbc3f010b2e09c6a624651e"
+nocross=yes
+nostrip=yes
+create_wrksrc=yes
+hostmakedepends="unzip expect flex"
+makedepends="tk-devel ncurses-devel"
+
+_prefix=/usr/msp430
+_target=msp430-none-elf
+
+do_configure() {
+	unset CC LD AR AS RANLIB CPP CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
+
+	mkdir obj-msp
+	cd obj-msp
+	../sources/tools/configure \
+	   --prefix=$_prefix \
+	   --enable-languages=c \
+	   --program-prefix="msp430-" \
+	   --disable-nls \
+	   --enable-gold \
+	   --target=$_target
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	unset CC LD AR AS RANLIB CPP CFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
+
+	cd obj-msp
+	sed -i 's:^prefix =.*:prefix = '${DESTDIR}'/@prefix@:' \
+		../sources/tools/libgloss/Makefile.in
+	sed -i 's:^LIBEXPAT .*:LIBEXPAT = @LIBEXPAT@ @BDYNAMIC@:' \
+		../sources/tools/gdb/Makefile.in
+
+	make ${makejobs} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} all
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	cd obj-msp
+	sed -i '190,194s:$(tooldir):'${DESTDIR}'/$(tooldir):' \
+		msp430-none-elf/libgloss/msp430/Makefile
+	sed -i '190,194s:$(tooldir):'${DESTDIR}'/$(tooldir):' \
+		msp430-none-elf/430/libgloss/msp430/Makefile
+	sed -i '190,194s:$(tooldir):'${DESTDIR}'/$(tooldir):' \
+		msp430-none-elf/large/libgloss/msp430/Makefile
+
+	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} prefix=${_prefix} install
+
+	# copy msp430-gcc-support-files.zip
+	cp ${wrksrc}/msp430-gcc-support-files/*.h \
+		${DESTDIR}/${_prefix}/${_target}/include/
+	cp ${wrksrc}/msp430-gcc-support-files/*.ld \
+		${DESTDIR}/${_prefix}/${_target}/lib/430/
+
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+	cd ${DESTDIR}/${_prefix}/bin
+	for i in *
+	do ln -s ${_prefix}/bin/$i ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/$i
+	done
+}