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+# Template file for 'simh'
+pkgname=simh
+version=3.9
+revision=1
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version}
+create_wrksrc=yes
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
+makedepends="libpcap-devel SDL-devel"
+short_desc="Emulator for historical computers including PDP-11 and VAX"
+maintainer="Daniel James <djames@orcadian.net>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://simh.trailing-edge.com/"
+distfiles="http://simh.trailing-edge.com/sources/simhv39-0.zip"
+checksum=e49b259b66ad6311ca9066dee3d3693cd915106a6938a52ed685cdbada8eda3b
+
+do_build() {
+	mkdir -p BIN
+	make ${makejobs} all \
+		OS_CCDEFS="$CFLAGS" \
+		OS_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread -lm" \
+		USE_NETWORK=1 \
+		NETWORK_OPT='-DUSE_NETWORK -isystem /usr/include -lpcap'
+}
+do_install() {
+	(
+		cd BIN
+		for b in *; do vbin $b simh-$b; done
+	)
+	vinstall VAX/ka655x.bin 0644 usr/lib/simh
+	sed -n '/Copy/,/written/p' sim_defs.h >LICENSE
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}