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+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic
+
+DESCRIPTION="A UNIX init scheme with service supervision"
+HOMEPAGE="http://smarden.org/runit/"
+SRC_URI="http://smarden.org/runit/${P}.tar.gz"
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~s390 sparc x86"
+IUSE="static"
+
+RDEPEND="sys-apps/openrc"
+
+S=${WORKDIR}/admin/${P}/src
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	# we either build everything or nothing static
+	sed -i -e 's:-static: :' Makefile
+
+	# see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=726008
+	[[ ${COMPILER} == "diet" ]] &&
+		use ppc &&
+		filter-flags "-mpowerpc-gpopt"
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	use static && append-ldflags -static
+
+	echo "$(tc-getCC) ${CFLAGS}"  > conf-cc
+	echo "$(tc-getCC) ${LDFLAGS}" > conf-ld
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	into /
+	dobin $(<../package/commands)
+	dodir /sbin
+	mv "${ED}"/bin/{runit-init,runit,utmpset} "${ED}"/sbin/ || die "dosbin"
+	dosym ../etc/runit/2 /sbin/runsvdir-start
+
+	DOCS=( ../package/{CHANGES,README,THANKS,TODO} )
+	HTML_DOCS=( ../doc/*.html )
+	einstalldocs
+	doman ../man/*.[18]
+
+	dodir /etc/runit
+	exeinto /etc/runit
+	doexe "${FILESDIR}"/ctrlaltdel
+	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/1-${PV} 1
+	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/2-${PV} 2
+	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/3-${PV} 3
+
+	dodir /etc/sv
+	for tty in tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6; do
+		exeinto /etc/sv/getty-$tty/
+		newexe "${FILESDIR}"/finish.getty finish
+		newexe "${FILESDIR}"/run.getty-${PV} run
+		for script in finish run; do
+			sed -i -e "s:TTY:${tty}:g" "${ED}"/etc/sv/getty-$tty/$script
+		done
+	done
+
+	# make sv command work
+	newenvd - 20runit <<- EOF
+		#/etc/env.d/20runit
+		SVDIR="/etc/service/"
+	EOF
+}
+
+default_config() {
+	local sv="${EROOT}"etc/sv
+	local service="${EROOT}"etc/service
+	mkdir -p "${service}" || die
+	for x in tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6; do
+	ln -sf "${sv}"/getty-$x "${service}"/getty-$x || die
+	done
+	einfo "The links to services runit will supervise are installed"
+	einfo "in $service."
+	einfo "If you need multiple runlevels, please see the documentation"
+	einfo "for how to set them up."
+	einfo
+}
+
+migrate_from_211() {
+	# Create /etc/service and /var/service if requested
+	if [ -e "${T}"/make_var_service ]; then
+		ln -sf "${EROOT}"etc/runit/runsvdir/current "${EROOT}"etc/service || die
+		ln -sf "${EROOT}"etc/runit/runsvdir/current "${EROOT}"var/service || die
+	fi
+	if [ -d "${T}"/runsvdir ]; then
+		cp -a "${T}"/runsvdir "${EROOT}"etc/runit || die
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	if  has_version '<sys-process/runit-2.1.2'; then
+		pre_212=yes
+	fi
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	if [[ -z $REPLACING_VERSIONS ]]; then
+		default_config
+	elif [[ -n $pre_212 ]]; then
+		migrate_from_211
+	fi
+
+	ewarn "To make sure sv works correctly in your currently open"
+	ewarn "shells, please run the following command:"
+	ewarn
+	ewarn "source /etc/profile"
+	ewarn
+
+	if [ -L "${EROOT}"var/service ]; then
+		ewarn "Once this version of runit is active, please remove the"
+		ewarn "compatibility symbolic link at ${EROOT}var/service"
+		ewarn "The correct path now is ${EROOT}etc/service"
+		ewarn
+	fi
+
+	if [ -L "${EROOT}"etc/runit/runsvdir/all ]; then
+		ewarn "${EROOT}etc/runit/runsvdir/all has moved to"
+		iewarn "${EROOT}etc/sv."
+		ewarn "Any symbolic links under ${EROOT}etc/runit/runsvdir"
+		ewarn "which point to services through ../all should be updated to"
+		ewarn "point to them through ${EROOT}etc/sv."
+		ewarn "Once that is done, ${EROOT}etc/runit/runsvdir/all should be"
+		ewarn "removed."
+		ewarn
+	fi
+}