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+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..13} )
+
+inherit ffmpeg-compat flag-o-matic python-any-r1 xdg cmake
+
+DESCRIPTION="A PSP emulator written in C++"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.ppsspp.org/
+	https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/"
+
+if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]] ; then
+	inherit git-r3
+
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/hrydgard/${PN}.git"
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://github.com/hrydgard/${PN}/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
+
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 GPL-2 JSON MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="discord qt5 test wayland"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	app-arch/snappy:=
+	app-arch/zstd:=
+	dev-libs/libzip:=
+	media-libs/glew:=
+	media-libs/libpng:=
+	media-libs/libsdl2[joystick]
+	media-video/ffmpeg-compat:6=
+	sys-libs/zlib:=
+	virtual/opengl
+	qt5? (
+		dev-qt/qtcore:5
+		dev-qt/qtgui:5[-gles2-only]
+		dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5[-gles2-only]
+		dev-qt/qtopengl:5[-gles2-only]
+		dev-qt/qtwidgets:5[-gles2-only]
+	)
+	!qt5? (
+		media-libs/libsdl2[X,opengl,sound,video,wayland?]
+	)
+"
+DEPEND="
+	${RDEPEND}
+"
+BDEPEND="
+	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.17.1-SpvBuilder-cstdint.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.17.1-cmake-cxx.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-CMakeLists-flags.patch"
+)
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	# bug https://bugs.gentoo.org/926079
+	filter-lto
+
+	local -a mycmakeargs=(
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="OFF"
+		-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH="ON"
+		-DHEADLESS="OFF"
+		-DUSE_CCACHE="OFF"
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG="ON"
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBZIP="ON"
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_SNAPPY="ON"
+		-DUSE_SYSTEM_ZSTD="ON"
+		-DUSE_DISCORD="$(usex discord)"
+		-DUSE_WAYLAND_WSI="$(usex wayland)"
+		-DUSING_QT_UI="$(usex qt5)"
+		-DUNITTEST="$(usex test)"
+	)
+
+	# TODO: fix with >=ffmpeg-7 then drop compat (bug #948816).
+	# Unfortunately not using pkg-config and needs both flags and dir.
+	ffmpeg_compat_setup 6
+	ffmpeg_compat_add_flags
+	mycmakeargs+=( -DFFMPEG_DIR="${SYSROOT}$(ffmpeg_compat_get_prefix 6)" )
+
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	cmake_src_test -E glslang-testsuite
+}