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+pkgname=vala
+pkgver=0.56.18
+pkgrel=5
+pkgdesc='Compiler for the GObject type system'
+url='https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala'
+arch=(x86_64)
+license=(LGPL-2.1-or-later)
+depends=(
+  bash
+  gcc
+  glib:2
+  glibc
+  pkg-config
+  gobject-introspection
+)
+makedepends=(
+  libxslt
+)
+checkdepends=(
+  dbus-glib
+)
+sources=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
+urls=("https://download.gnome.org/sources/${pkgname}/${pkgver%.*}/${sources[0]}")
+sha512sums=("7ba820942ac40b54a62cbcd8a1d94d5add022b4a2c69e1276fc9fca38361d5878f3f852d270e0a5ef4bca6bd2df3a65f14b410c600b82a46da4123c90a3107e7")
+
+src_prepare() {
+  tar -xf ${distdir}/${sources[0]} --strip-components=1
+}
+
+src_build() {
+  local conf_args=(
+    --prefix=/usr
+    --disable-unversioned
+    --disable-valadoc
+    VALAC=:
+    WEASYPRINT=:
+  )
+  ./configure "${conf_args[@]}"
+  make
+}
+
+src_install() {
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+
+  install -vDm644 vala.m4 vapigen/vapigen.m4 -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/aclocal"
+  install -vDm644 vapigen/Makefile.vapigen -t "${pkgdir}/usr/share/vala"
+}
+
+# vim:ft=sh syn=sh et sw=2: