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+# Maintainer: Massimiliano Torromeo <massimiliano.torromeo@gmail.com>
+# Contributor: Andrea Scarpino <andrea@archlinux.org>
+
+# ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
+#  - add -fsigned-char to CFLAGS
+
+pkgname=libb64
+pkgver=1.2.1
+pkgrel=4.1
+pkgdesc='Base64 Encoding/Decoding Routines'
+url='http://libb64.sourceforge.net/'
+depends=('glibc')
+arch=('x86_64')
+license=('custom:Public Domain')
+source=("https://downloads.sourceforge.net/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.zip"
+        "https://sources.debian.net/data/main/libb/libb64/1.2-3/debian/patches/bufsiz-as-buffer-size.diff")
+sha256sums=('20106f0ba95cfd9c35a13c71206643e3fb3e46512df3e2efb2fdbf87116314b2'
+            '0a8a978e94a924b4f62795de251aa1a5ceb53a1024ea60193d7f3e5a5794fa20')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd $pkgname-$pkgver
+  patch -p1 -i "$srcdir"/bufsiz-as-buffer-size.diff
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}/src
+  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC -fsigned-char"
+  make
+
+  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -shared -Wl,-soname,${pkgname}.so.0"
+  gcc ${LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} *.o -o ${pkgname}.so.0
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
+
+  install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib"
+  install src/libb64.so.0 "${pkgdir}/usr/lib"
+  ln -sf /usr/lib/libb64.so.0 "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libb64.so"
+
+  cp -r include "${pkgdir}/usr"
+
+  install -Dm644 LICENSE \
+      "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE
+}