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+# Template file for 'crystal'
+pkgname=crystal
+version=0.24.0
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="crystal-bin git llvm"
+makedepends="libxml2-devel"
+depends="gc-devel libatomic_ops pcre-devel libevent-devel libyaml-devel
+ libxml2-devel gmp-devel libressl-devel llvm gcc"
+checkdepends="readline-devel libyaml-devel gmp-devel libressl-devel"
+short_desc="The Crystal Programming Language"
+maintainer="lvmbdv <ata.kuyumcu@protonmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://crystal-lang.org/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c34f4326ee576f60b8960e331aae8d5265a12b30707582e1f5c6c6032d364a80
+conflicts="crystal-bin"
+
+post_extract() {
+	# Check for libtls to determine if libssl is coming from LibreSSL, as suggested by Vaelatern
+	sed -i 's/OPENSSL_102 = .*/OPENSSL_102 = {{ `command -v pkg-config > \/dev\/null \&\& pkg-config --atleast-version=1.0.2 libssl \&\& pkg-config --exists libtls || printf succ`.stringify == "succ" }}/' ${wrksrc}/src/openssl/lib_ssl.cr
+	sed -i 's/OPENSSL_102 = .*/OPENSSL_102 = {{ `command -v pkg-config > \/dev\/null \&\& pkg-config --atleast-version=1.0.2 libcrypto \&\& pkg-config --exists libtls || printf succ`.stringify == "succ" }}/' ${wrksrc}/src/openssl/lib_crypto.cr
+	sed -i 's/OPENSSL_110 = .*/OPENSSL_110 = {{ `command -v pkg-config > \/dev\/null \&\& pkg-config --atleast-version=1.1.0 libssl \&\& pkg-config --exists libtls || printf succ`.stringify == "succ" }}/' ${wrksrc}/src/openssl/lib_ssl.cr
+	sed -i 's/OPENSSL_110 = .*/OPENSSL_110 = {{ `command -v pkg-config > \/dev\/null \&\& pkg-config --atleast-version=1.1.0 libcrypto \&\& pkg-config --exists libtls || printf succ`.stringify == "succ" }}/' ${wrksrc}/src/openssl/lib_crypto.cr
+
+	sed -i 's/exec crystal/exec crystal-bin/' ${wrksrc}/bin/crystal
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs} release=1 FLAGS="--release --no-debug" \
+		CRYSTAL_CONFIG_PATH="lib:/usr/lib/crystal" \
+		CRYSTAL_CONFIG_VERSION="${version}" \
+		CRYSTAL_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/crystal"
+	make ${makejobs} doc CRYSTAL_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/crystal"
+}
+
+do_check() {
+	make ${makejobs} spec \
+		CRYSTAL_CONFIG_VERSION="${version}" \
+		CRYSTAL_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/crystal" \
+		PATH=".build:$PATH"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir /usr/bin
+	vmkdir /usr/lib/crystal
+	vmkdir /usr/share/doc/crystal
+	vmkdir /usr/share/doc/crystal/api
+	vmkdir /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/crystal
+	vmkdir /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_crystal
+
+	vcopy etc/completion.bash /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/crystal
+	vcopy etc/completion.zsh /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_crystal
+	vcopy samples /usr/share/doc/crystal
+	vcopy docs/* /usr/share/doc/crystal/api
+	vcopy src/* /usr/lib/crystal
+	vbin .build/crystal crystal
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vman man/crystal.1
+}