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+# Copyright 2024-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit cmake toolchain-funcs
+
+DESCRIPTION="A Hyprland implementation of wayland-scanner, in and for C++"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprwayland-scanner/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprwayland-scanner.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/hyprwm/hyprwayland-scanner/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.gh.tar.gz"
+	KEYWORDS="amd64"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="BSD"
+SLOT="0"
+
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/pugixml-1.14"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	[[ ${MERGE_TYPE} == binary ]] && return
+
+	if tc-is-gcc && ver_test $(gcc-version) -lt 13 ; then
+		eerror "Hyprland requires >=sys-devel/gcc-13 to build"
+		eerror "Please upgrade GCC: emerge -v1 sys-devel/gcc"
+		die "GCC version is too old to compile Hyprland!"
+	elif tc-is-clang && ver_test $(clang-version) -lt 16 ; then
+		eerror "Hyprland requires >=llvm-core/clang-16 to build"
+		eerror "Please upgrade Clang: emerge -v1 llvm-core/clang"
+		die "Clang version is too old to compile Hyprland!"
+	fi
+}