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+# Template file for 'ninja'
+pkgname=ninja
+version=1.4.0
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="python asciidoc"
+short_desc="Small build system with a focus on speed"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://martine.github.io/ninja/"
+
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone -b v${version} git://github.com/martine/ninja ${pkgname}-${version}
+}
+do_build() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		HOST_CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fstack-protector-strong"
+	else
+		HOST_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+	fi
+	sed -e 's,CXX,HOST_CXX,g;s,CFLAGS,HOST_CXXFLAGS,g' -i bootstrap.py
+	HOST_CXX=g++ HOST_CXXFLAGS="$HOST_CXXFLAGS" python2 ./bootstrap.py --verbose
+	asciidoc doc/manual.asciidoc
+}
+do_install() {
+	vinstall ninja 755 usr/bin
+	vinstall doc/manual.html 644 usr/share/doc/html/ninja
+	vinstall misc/bash-completion 644 usr/share/bash-completion/completions ninja
+	vinstall misc/zsh-completion 644 usr/share/zsh/site-functions _ninja
+}