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+# Template file for 'gesso'
+pkgname=gesso
+version=0.1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="wayland-devel wayland-protocols"
+short_desc="Deterministic Wayland wallpaper daemon and CLI"
+maintainer="Dustin Pilgrim <dustinpilgrim1997@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/saltnpepper97/gesso"
+distfiles="https://github.com/saltnpepper97/gesso/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9eb20009dc24cfeac2b608bacca880f46a6a0804ce1e7e765266960b188abfbe
+
+# Upstream has no test suite yet, and running `cargo test` in the Void build sandbox
+# is not useful for this package: the project is a Wayland wallpaper daemon/CLI and
+# any future integration tests would require a live Wayland compositor/session which
+# is not available during package builds.
+make_check=no
+
+do_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+
+	local tdir="${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-$wrksrc/target}"
+	local bindir="$tdir/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET:+${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}/}release"
+	if [ ! -d "$bindir" ]; then
+		bindir="$tdir/release"
+	fi
+
+	vbin "$bindir/gesso"
+	vbin "$bindir/gessod"
+
+	vman gesso.1
+}