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+EAPI=2
+inherit eutils toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic games
+
+MY_PV=${PV/_/}
+DESCRIPTION="Battle for Wesnoth - A fantasy turn-based strategy game"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.wesnoth.org/"
+SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/wesnoth/${PN}-${MY_PV}.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
+IUSE="dedicated +editor lite nls server smallgui tinygui tools"
+
+RDEPEND=">=media-libs/libsdl-1.2.7
+	media-libs/sdl-net
+	dev-libs/boost
+	!dedicated? (
+		x11-libs/libX11
+		>=media-libs/libsdl-1.2.7[X]
+		>=media-libs/sdl-mixer-1.2[vorbis]
+		>=media-libs/sdl-image-1.2[png,jpeg]
+		>=media-libs/sdl-ttf-2.0.8
+		x11-libs/pango
+	)
+	nls? ( virtual/libintl )"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	!dedicated? (
+		smallgui? ( media-gfx/imagemagick )
+		tinygui? ( media-gfx/imagemagick )
+	)
+	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
+	>=dev-util/scons-0.96.93"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${MY_PV}
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	if use !dedicated && use smallgui && use tinygui ; then
+		ewarn "USE=tinygui overrides USE=smallgui"
+		ebeep
+		epause 10
+	fi
+	games_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_unpack() {
+	unpack ${A}
+	if use dedicated || use server ; then
+		sed \
+			-e "s:GAMES_BINDIR:${GAMES_BINDIR}:" \
+			-e "s:GAMES_STATEDIR:${GAMES_STATEDIR}:" \
+			-e "s/GAMES_USER_DED/${GAMES_USER_DED}/" \
+			-e "s/GAMES_GROUP/${GAMES_GROUP}/" "${FILESDIR}"/wesnothd.rc \
+			> "${T}"/wesnothd \
+			|| die "sed failed"
+	fi
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	true
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	local myconf
+
+	local SCONSOPTS=`echo ${MAKEOPTS} | \
+		sed s/-j$/-j256/\;s/-j[[:space:]]/-j256\ / |
+		sed s/--jobs$/--jobs=256/\;s/--jobs[[:space:]]/--jobs=256\ /`
+
+	einfo "running scons with ${SCONSOPTS}"
+
+	filter-flags -ftracer -fomit-frame-pointer
+	if [[ $(gcc-major-version) -eq 3 ]] ; then
+		filter-flags -fstack-protector
+		append-flags -fno-stack-protector
+	fi
+	if use dedicated || use server ; then
+		myconf="${myconf} wesnothd"
+		myconf="${myconf} campaignd"
+		myconf="${myconf} server_uid=${GAMES_USER_DED}"
+		myconf="${myconf} server_gid=${GAMES_GROUP}"
+	fi
+	if use !dedicated ; then
+		myconf="${myconf} wesnoth"
+	fi
+	use tools && myconf="${myconf} cutter exploder"
+	if use editor; then
+		myconf="${myconf} editor=yes"
+	else
+		myconf="${myconf} editor=no"
+	fi
+	if use tinygui ; then
+		myconf="${myconf} gui=tiny"
+	elif use smallgui ; then
+		myconf="${myconf} gui=small"
+	fi
+	if use lite ; then
+		myconf="${myconf} lowmem=true"
+	fi
+	if use nls ; then
+		myconf="${myconf} nls=true"
+	else
+		myconf="${myconf} nls=false"
+	fi
+
+	if has ccache $FEATURES; then
+		myconf="${myconf} ccache=yes"
+	else
+		myconf="${myconf} ccache=no"
+	fi
+
+	scons $myconf \
+		${SCONSOPTS/-l[0-9]} \
+		localedirname=/usr/share/locale \
+		prefix=/usr/games \
+		prefsdir=.wesnoth-1.5 \
+		icondir=/usr/share/icons \
+		desktopdir=/usr/share/applications \
+		docdir=/usr/share/doc/${PF} \
+		default_targets=none ||
+		die "scons build failed"
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	scons install destdir=${D} --implicit-deps-unchanged ||
+	die "scons install failed"
+	dodoc changelog
+	if use dedicated || use server; then
+		keepdir "${GAMES_STATEDIR}/run/wesnothd"
+		doinitd "${T}"/wesnothd || die "doinitd failed"
+	fi
+	prepgamesdirs
+}