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+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit apache-module autotools
+
+DESCRIPTION="MaxMind DB Apache Module"
+HOMEPAGE="https://maxmind.github.io/mod_maxminddb/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/maxmind/mod_maxminddb/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+DEPEND="dev-libs/libmaxminddb:="
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+need_apache2_4
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	eautoreconf
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	# skipping this results in:
+	# Cannot load modules/mod_maxminddb.so into server:
+	# /usr/lib64/apache2/modules/mod_maxminddb.so: undefined symbol: MMDB_aget_value
+	# because mod_maxminddb.so is not linked with libmaxminddb
+	emake
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	APACHE2_MOD_CONF="70_${PN}"
+	APACHE2_MOD_DEFINE="MAXMINDDB"
+	APACHE_MODULESDIR="/usr/$(get_libdir)/apache2/modules"
+
+	apache-module_src_install
+}