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+# Contributor: Andrea Scarpino <andrea@archlinux.org>
+
+source ../frameworks.conf
+
+pkgname=karchive
+pkgver=${KFVersion}
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='Qt 5 addon providing access to numerous types of archives'
+arch=('x86_64')
+url='https://projects.kde.org/projects/frameworks/karchive'
+license=('LGPL')
+depends=('qt5-base' 'bzip2')
+makedepends=('extra-cmake-modules' 'cmake')
+checkdepends=('cmake')
+groups=('kf5')
+options=("debug")
+source=("${KFServer}/${pkgver}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
+md5sums=('9ae76d72b15a1c583cbd150dd21bab19')
+
+prepare() {
+  mkdir -p build
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd build
+  cmake ../${pkgname}-${pkgver} \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${KFBuildType} \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${KFInstallPrefix} \
+    -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=lib 
+  make
+}
+
+check() {
+  cd build
+  make test
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd build
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}