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+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+# Forked from : https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/pg_overlay/blob/master/dev-libs/qrcodegen
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="High-quality QR Code generator library"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.nayuki.io/page/qr-code-generator-library"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/nayuki/QR-Code-generator/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/QR-Code-generator-${PV}"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/c_makefile_generate_libraries.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/cpp_makefile_generate_libraries.patch"
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed '/^C\(XX\)\?FLAGS/s/-O//' -i {c,cpp}/Makefile || die
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	for dir in c cpp
+	do
+		emake -C ${dir}
+	done
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	local -x DESTDIR="${ED}"
+	for dir in c cpp
+	do
+		emake -C ${dir} install-header
+		emake -C ${dir} LIBDIR="${ED}"/usr/$(get_libdir) VERSION=${PV} install-shared
+	done
+}