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+# Template file for 'grass'
+pkgname=grass
+version=7.4.0
+revision=1
+_binver=${version//./}
+_binver=${_binver:0:2}
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--prefix=\${DESTDIR}/usr/share --bindir=\${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+ --with-freetype-includes=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/freetype2"
+hostmakedepends="flex libgdal-tools pkg-config python-numpy"
+makedepends="proj-devel tiff-devel libgdal-devel sqlite-devel
+ fftw-devel cairo-devel glu-devel wxPython-devel"
+depends="python-numpy wxPython"
+short_desc="Geographic Resources Analysis Support System - GIS"
+maintainer="Alex Jarosch <research@alexj.at>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://grass.osgeo.org/"
+distfiles="https://grass.osgeo.org/grass${_binver}/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=cb6fa188e030a3a447fc5451fbe0ecbeb4069ee2fd1bf52ed8e40e9b89e293cc
+
+post_install() {
+	# fixes a todo in GISBASE
+	sed -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/grass${_binver} \
+		-e "105s;\(gisbase =\).*;\1 \"/usr/share/grass-${version}\";"
+}