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+# Template file for 'upstart'
+pkgname=upstart
+version=0.5.0
+distfiles="http://upstart.ubuntu.com/download/0.5/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+#
+# The following CPPFLAGS is needed to make this build outside of the chroot.
+#
+CPPFLAGS="-I$XBPS_MASTERDIR/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I$XBPS_MASTERDIR/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include"
+configure_args="--disable-rpath --exec-prefix=/ --enable-threading"
+make_install_args="sbindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/sbin"
+short_desc="Event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=ffa0f1423cf149379eec94e4337c3299538745fb34c563d228a9aeeb339d6493
+long_desc="
+ Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles
+ starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown
+ and supervising them while the system is running.
+
+ It was originally developed for the Ubuntu distribution, but is intended to
+ be suitable for deployment in all Linux distributions as a replacement for
+ the venerable System-V init."
+
+build_depends="dbus-1.2.4"
+run_depends="glibc-2.8 dbus-1.2.4"