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-# Copyright 2021-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-QT6_HAS_STATIC_LIBS=1
-inherit flag-o-matic qt6-build toolchain-funcs
-
-DESCRIPTION="Cross-platform application development framework"
-
-if [[ ${QT6_BUILD_TYPE} == release ]]; then
-	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
-fi
-
-declare -A QT6_IUSE=(
-	[global]="+ssl +udev zstd"
-	[core]="icu journald syslog"
-	[modules]="+concurrent +dbus +gui +network +sql +xml"
-
-	[gui]="
-		+X accessibility eglfs evdev gles2-only +libinput
-		opengl renderdoc tslib vulkan wayland +widgets
-	"
-	[network]="brotli gssapi libproxy sctp"
-	[sql]="mysql oci8 odbc postgres +sqlite"
-	[widgets]="cups gtk"
-
-	[optfeature]="nls" #810802
-)
-IUSE="${QT6_IUSE[*]}"
-REQUIRED_USE="
-	?? ( journald syslog )
-	$(
-		printf '%s? ( gui ) ' ${QT6_IUSE[gui]//+/}
-		printf '%s? ( network ) ' ${QT6_IUSE[network]//+/}
-		printf '%s? ( sql ) ' ${QT6_IUSE[sql]//+/}
-		printf '%s? ( gui widgets ) ' ${QT6_IUSE[widgets]//+/}
-	)
-	accessibility? ( dbus )
-	eglfs? ( opengl )
-	gles2-only? ( opengl )
-	gui? ( || ( X eglfs wayland ) )
-	libinput? ( udev )
-	sql? ( || ( ${QT6_IUSE[sql]//+/} ) )
-	test? ( icu sql? ( sqlite ) )
-"
-
-# groups:
-# - global (configure.cmake)
-# - qtcore (src/corelib/configure.cmake)
-# - qtgui (src/gui/configure.cmake)
-# - qtnetwork (src/network/configure.cmake)
-# - qtprintsupport (src/printsupport/configure.cmake) [gui+widgets]
-# - qtsql (src/plugins/sqldrivers/configure.cmake)
-# nolink: renderdoc, systemd
-COMMON_DEPEND="
-	sys-libs/zlib:=
-	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
-	udev? ( virtual/libudev:= )
-	zstd? ( app-arch/zstd:= )
-
-	app-crypt/libb2
-	dev-libs/double-conversion:=
-	dev-libs/glib:2
-	dev-libs/libpcre2:=[pcre16,unicode(+)]
-	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )
-	journald? ( sys-apps/systemd )
-
-	dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus )
-	gui? (
-		dev-libs/md4c
-		media-libs/fontconfig
-		>=media-libs/freetype-2.13.1:2
-		media-libs/harfbuzz:=
-		media-libs/libjpeg-turbo:=
-		media-libs/libpng:=
-		x11-libs/libdrm
-		x11-libs/libxkbcommon[X?]
-		X? (
-			x11-libs/libICE
-			x11-libs/libSM
-			x11-libs/libX11
-			x11-libs/libxcb:=
-			x11-libs/xcb-util-cursor
-			x11-libs/xcb-util-image
-			x11-libs/xcb-util-keysyms
-			x11-libs/xcb-util-renderutil
-			x11-libs/xcb-util-wm
-		)
-		accessibility? ( app-accessibility/at-spi2-core:2 )
-		eglfs? ( media-libs/mesa[gbm(+)] )
-		evdev? ( sys-libs/mtdev )
-		libinput? ( dev-libs/libinput:= )
-		opengl? (
-			gles2-only? ( media-libs/libglvnd )
-			!gles2-only? ( media-libs/libglvnd[X?] )
-		)
-		renderdoc? ( media-gfx/renderdoc )
-		tslib? ( x11-libs/tslib )
-		widgets? (
-			cups? ( net-print/cups )
-			gtk? (
-				x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
-				>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.41-r1:3[X?,wayland?]
-				x11-libs/pango
-			)
-		)
-	)
-	network? (
-		brotli? ( app-arch/brotli:= )
-		gssapi? ( virtual/krb5 )
-		libproxy? ( net-libs/libproxy )
-	)
-	sql? (
-		mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:= )
-		oci8? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient:=[sdk] )
-		odbc? ( dev-db/unixODBC )
-		postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql:* )
-		sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )
-	)
-"
-# wrt blockers: users do not always depclean regularly and outdated
-# dev-qt packages sometime cause runtime issues (update this when new
-# Qt libraries/plugins are added, and keep old for 2y+ if removed)
-RDEPEND="
-	${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	!<dev-qt/qt3d-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qt5compat-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtcharts-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtconnectivity-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtdeclarative-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtgraphs-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qthttpserver-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtimageformats-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtlanguageserver-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtlocation-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtmultimedia-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtnetworkauth-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtpositioning-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtquick3d-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtquicktimeline-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtremoteobjects-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtscxml-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtsensors-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtserialbus-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtserialport-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtshadertools-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtspeech-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtsvg-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qttools-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtvirtualkeyboard-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtwayland-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtwebchannel-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtwebengine-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtwebsockets-${PV}:6
-	!<dev-qt/qtwebview-${PV}:6
-	syslog? ( virtual/logger )
-"
-DEPEND="
-	${COMMON_DEPEND}
-	X? ( x11-base/xorg-proto )
-	gui? (
-		vulkan? ( dev-util/vulkan-headers )
-	)
-	network? (
-		sctp? ( net-misc/lksctp-tools )
-	)
-	test? (
-		elibc_musl? ( sys-libs/timezone-data )
-	)
-"
-BDEPEND="zstd? ( app-arch/libarchive[zstd] )" #910392
-PDEPEND="
-	nls? ( ~dev-qt/qttranslations-${PV}:6 )
-	wayland? ( ~dev-qt/qtwayland-${PV}:6 )
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-6.5.2-hppa-forkfd-grow-stack.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-6.5.2-no-symlink-check.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-6.6.1-forkfd-childstack-size.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-6.6.3-gcc14-avx512fp16.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-6.8.2-cross.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-6.9.0-no-direct-extern-access.patch
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	qt6-build_src_prepare
-
-	if use test; then
-		# test itself has -Werror=strict-aliasing issues, drop for simplicity
-		sed -e '/add_subdirectory(qsharedpointer)/d' \
-			-i tests/auto/corelib/tools/CMakeLists.txt || die
-
-		# workaround for __extendhfxf2 being used for tst_qfloat16.cpp
-		# which is unavailable with compiler-rt (assume used if clang)
-		if tc-is-clang; then
-			sed -e '/add_subdirectory(qfloat16)/d' \
-				-i tests/auto/corelib/global/CMakeLists.txt || die
-		fi
-	fi
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	if use gtk; then
-		# defang automagic dependencies (bug #624960)
-		use X || append-cxxflags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_X11
-		use wayland || append-cxxflags -DGENTOO_GTK_HIDE_WAYLAND
-	fi
-
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DBUILD_WITH_PCH=OFF
-
-		-DINSTALL_ARCHDATADIR="${QT6_ARCHDATADIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_BINDIR="${QT6_BINDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_DATADIR="${QT6_DATADIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_DOCDIR="${QT6_DOCDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_EXAMPLESDIR="${QT6_EXAMPLESDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_INCLUDEDIR="${QT6_HEADERDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_LIBDIR="${QT6_LIBDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_LIBEXECDIR="${QT6_LIBEXECDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_MKSPECSDIR="${QT6_MKSPECSDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_PLUGINSDIR="${QT6_PLUGINDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_QMLDIR="${QT6_QMLDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_SYSCONFDIR="${QT6_SYSCONFDIR}"
-		-DINSTALL_TRANSLATIONSDIR="${QT6_TRANSLATIONDIR}"
-
-		-DQT_UNITY_BUILD=ON # ~30% faster build, affects other dev-qt/* too
-
-		-DQT_FEATURE_force_system_libs=ON
-		-DQT_FEATURE_relocatable=OFF #927691
-		$(qt_feature ssl openssl)
-		$(qt_feature ssl openssl_linked)
-		$(qt_feature udev libudev)
-		$(qt_feature zstd)
-
-		# qtcore
-		$(qt_feature icu)
-		$(qt_feature journald)
-		$(qt_feature syslog)
-
-		# tools
-		-DQT_FEATURE_androiddeployqt=OFF
-
-		# modules
-		$(qt_feature concurrent)
-		$(qt_feature dbus)
-		$(qt_feature gui)
-		$(qt_feature network)
-		$(qt_feature sql)
-		# trivial, and is often needed (sometimes even when not building tests)
-		-DQT_FEATURE_testlib=ON
-		$(qt_feature xml)
-
-		# let gentoo's defaults and/or users control security *FLAGS
-		-DQT_FEATURE_glibc_fortify_source=OFF
-		-DQT_FEATURE_intelcet=OFF
-		-DQT_FEATURE_libcpp_hardening=OFF
-		-DQT_FEATURE_libstdcpp_assertions=OFF
-		-DQT_FEATURE_relro_now_linker=OFF
-		-DQT_FEATURE_stack_clash_protection=OFF
-		-DQT_FEATURE_stack_protector=OFF
-		-DQT_FEATURE_trivial_auto_var_init_pattern=OFF
-
-		-DQT_INTERNAL_AVOID_OVERRIDING_SYNCQT_CONFIG=ON # would force -O3
-	)
-
-	use gui && mycmakeargs+=(
-		$(qt_feature X xcb)
-		$(qt_feature X system_xcb_xinput)
-		$(qt_feature X xkbcommon_x11)
-		$(cmake_use_find_package X X11) # needed for truly no automagic
-		$(qt_feature accessibility accessibility_atspi_bridge)
-		$(qt_feature eglfs)
-		$(qt_feature evdev)
-		$(qt_feature evdev mtdev)
-		$(qt_feature libinput)
-		$(qt_feature renderdoc graphicsframecapture)
-		$(qt_feature tslib)
-		$(qt_feature vulkan)
-		$(qt_feature wayland)
-		$(qt_feature widgets)
-		-DINPUT_opengl=$(usex opengl $(usex gles2-only es2 desktop) no)
-	) && use widgets && mycmakeargs+=(
-		# note: qtprintsupport is enabled w/ gui+widgets regardless of USE=cups
-		$(qt_feature cups)
-		$(qt_feature gtk gtk3)
-	)
-
-	use network && mycmakeargs+=(
-		$(qt_feature brotli)
-		$(qt_feature gssapi)
-		$(qt_feature libproxy)
-		$(qt_feature sctp)
-		$(usev test -DQT_SKIP_DOCKER_COMPOSE=ON)
-	)
-
-	use sql && mycmakeargs+=(
-		-DQT_FEATURE_sql_db2=OFF # unpackaged
-		-DQT_FEATURE_sql_ibase=OFF # unpackaged
-		-DQT_FEATURE_sql_mimer=OFF # unpackaged
-		$(qt_feature mysql sql_mysql)
-		$(qt_feature oci8 sql_oci)
-		$(usev oci8 -DOracle_ROOT="${ESYSROOT}"/usr/$(get_libdir)/oracle/client)
-		$(qt_feature odbc sql_odbc)
-		$(qt_feature postgres sql_psql)
-		$(qt_feature sqlite sql_sqlite)
-		$(qt_feature sqlite system_sqlite)
-	)
-
-	tc-is-cross-compiler && mycmakeargs+=(
-		-DQT_HOST_PATH="${BROOT}"/usr
-		-DQT_FORCE_BUILD_TOOLS=ON
-		-DQT_NO_GENERATE_QMAKE_WRAPPER_FOR_TARGET=ON
-	)
-
-	qt6-build_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	local -x TZ=UTC
-	local -x LC_TIME=C
-
-	local CMAKE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-		# broken with out-of-source + if qtbase is not already installed
-		tst_moc
-		tst_qmake
-		# similarly broken when relocatable=OFF (bug #927691)
-		tst_qapplication
-		tst_qt_cmake_create
-		tst_uic
-		# needs x11/opengl, we *could* run these but tend to be flaky
-		# when opengl rendering is involved (even if software-only)
-		tst_qopengl{,config,widget,window}
-		tst_qgraphicsview
-		tst_qx11info
-		# fails with network sandbox
-		tst_qdnslookup
-		# fails with sandbox
-		tst_qsharedmemory
-		# typical to lack SCTP support on non-generic kernels
-		tst_qsctpsocket
-		# randomly fails without -j1, and not worth it over this (bug #916181)
-		tst_qfiledialog{,2}
-		# may randomly hang+timeout, perhaps related to -j as well
-		tst_qprocess #936484
-		tst_qtimer
-		# haystacksWithMoreThan4GiBWork can easily OOM (16GB ram not enough)
-		tst_qlatin1stringmatcher
-		# these can be flaky depending on the environment/toolchain
-		tst_qlogging # backtrace log test can easily vary
-		tst_q{,raw}font # affected by available fonts / settings (bug #914737)
-		tst_qprinter # checks system's printers (bug #916216)
-		tst_qhighdpi # may detect users' settings and fail (bug #935364)
-		tst_qstorageinfo # checks mounted filesystems
-		# flaky due to using different test framework and fails with USE=-gui
-		tst_selftests
-		# known failing when using clang+glibc+stdc++, needs looking into
-		tst_qthread
-		# partially failing on x86 chroots and seemingly(?) harmless (dev-qt
-		# revdeps tests pass), skip globally to avoid keywording flakiness
-		tst_json
-		tst_qcolorspace
-		tst_qdoublevalidator
-		tst_qglobal
-		tst_qglyphrun
-		tst_qvectornd
-		tst_rcc
-		# similarly, but on armv7 and potentially others (bug #914028)
-		tst_qlineedit
-		tst_qpainter
-		# likewise, known failing on BE arches (bug #914033,914371,918878)
-		tst_qimagereader
-		tst_qimagewriter
-		tst_qpluginloader
-		tst_quuid # >=6.6.2 had related fixes, needs retesting
-		# partially broken on llvm-musl, needs looking into but skip to have
-		# a baseline for regressions (rest of dev-qt still passes with musl)
-		$(usev elibc_musl '
-			tst_qicoimageformat
-			tst_qimagereader
-			tst_qimage
-		')
-		# fails due to hppa's NaN handling, needs looking into (bug #914371)
-		$(usev hppa '
-			tst_qcborvalue
-			tst_qnumeric
-		')
-		# note: for linux, upstream only really runs+maintains tests for amd64
-		# https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/supported-platforms.html
-	)
-
-	qt6-build_src_test
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	qt6-build_src_install
-
-	if use test; then
-		local delete_bins=( # need a better way to handle this
-			apphelper clientserver copier crashingServer desktopsettingsaware_helper
-			echo fileWriterProcess modal_helper nospace 'one space'
-			paster qcommandlineparser_test_helper qfileopeneventexternal
-			socketprocess syslocaleapp tst_qhashseed_helper 'two space s'
-			write-read-write
-		)
-		local delete=( # sigh
-			"${D}${QT6_BINDIR}"/test*
-			"${D}${QT6_LIBDIR}/objects-${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"/*test*
-			"${delete_bins[@]/#/${D}${QT6_BINDIR}/}"
-		)
-		# using -f given not tracking which tests may be skipped or not
-		rm -rf -- "${delete[@]}" || die
-	fi
-}