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+# maintainer (x86_64): AlmAck <almack[at]chakraos[dog]org>
+
+pkgname=guile1.8
+pkgver=1.8.8
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='Portable, embeddable Scheme implementation written in C. Legacy branch. Legacy branch.'
+url="http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/"
+arch=('x86_64')
+license=('GPL')
+depends=('gmp' 'libtool' 'ncurses>=5.7' 'texinfo')
+source=(ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/guile-$pkgver.tar.gz)
+md5sums=('18661a8fdfef13e2fcb7651720aa53f3')
+
+build() {
+  cd guile-$pkgver
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+	--disable-static  \
+	--disable-error-on-warning \
+        --program-suffix=1.8
+  make LDFLAGS+="-lpthread"
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd guile-$pkgver
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
+  
+  rm -rf "$pkgdir"/usr/share/info
+  sed -i '1s/guile/guile1.8/' -i "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/guile-config1.8
+  mv "$pkgdir"/usr/share/aclocal/guile.m4 "$pkgdir"/usr/share/aclocal/guile18.m4
+}