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+# Maintainer: Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@lutzhaase.com>
+# Contributor: Thomas Dziedzic < gostrc at gmail >
+# Contributor: Stefan Husmann <stefan-husmann@t-online.de>
+# Contributor: Mihai Militaru <mihai.militaru@gmx.com>
+# Contributor: scippio <scippio@berounet.cz>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - disable neon in libpng for aarch64
+
+pkgname=freeimage
+pkgver=3.17.0
+pkgrel=2.1
+pkgdesc="Library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+license=('GPL' 'custom:FIPL')
+url="http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/"
+depends=('gcc-libs')
+makedepends=('dos2unix' 'clang') # Remove clang when this compiles with gcc 5.1
+source=("http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freeimage/Source%20Distribution/${pkgver}/FreeImage${pkgver//./}.zip")
+md5sums=('459e15f0ec75d6efa3c7bd63277ead86')
+
+build() {
+  cp -r FreeImage FreeImagefip
+
+  export CFLAGS+=" -O3 -fPIC -fexceptions -fvisibility=hidden -DNO_LCMS"
+  [[ $CARCH == "aarch64" ]] && export CFLAGS+=" -DPNG_ARM_NEON_OPT=0"
+  export CXXFLAGS+=" -O3 -fPIC -fexceptions -fvisibility=hidden -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy"
+
+  export CC="clang"
+  export CXX="clang++"
+
+  cd FreeImage
+  make
+
+  cd ${srcdir}/FreeImagefip
+  CXX=clang++ make -f Makefile.fip 
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd FreeImage
+  make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
+
+  cd ${srcdir}/FreeImagefip
+  make -f Makefile.fip DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
+
+  install -D -m644 ${srcdir}/FreeImage/license-fi.txt ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE
+}