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+# Template file for 'bam'
+pkgname=bam
+version=0.4.0
+revision=1
+makedepends="lua-devel"
+short_desc="A fast and flexible build system using Lua"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="custom"
+homepage="http://github.com/matricks/bam"
+distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/matricks/bam/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=5e4e4920b4d265da582f66774e9b1ec8ddfbe75ddc028fba86c12f686ea18db3
+
+do_build() {
+	gcc -Wall -ansi -pedantic src/tools/txt2c.c -o src/tools/txt2c
+	src/tools/txt2c src/base.lua src/tools.lua src/driver_gcc.lua src/driver_cl.lua >src/internal_base.h
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -Wall -ansi -pedantic src/*.c src/lua/*.c -o bam -I src/lua -lm -lpthread -ldl -rdynamic ${LDFLAGS}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin bam
+	vlicense license.txt LICENSE
+}