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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+KDE_DESIGNERPLUGIN="true"
+KDE_TEST="forceoptional"
+VIRTUALDBUS_TEST="true"
+VIRTUALX_REQUIRED="test"
+inherit kde5
+
+DESCRIPTION="Storage service for PIM data and libraries for PIM apps"
+HOMEPAGE="https://community.kde.org/KDE_PIM/akonadi"
+
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+"
+IUSE="+mysql postgres sqlite tools xml"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="|| ( mysql postgres sqlite ) test? ( tools )"
+
+# drop qtgui subslot operator when QT_MINIMAL >= 5.9.0
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kcompletion)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kconfig)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kconfigwidgets)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kcoreaddons)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kcrash)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kdbusaddons)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep ki18n)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kiconthemes)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kio)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kitemmodels)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kitemviews)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kwidgetsaddons)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kwindowsystem)
+	$(add_frameworks_dep kxmlgui)
+	$(add_qt_dep qtdbus)
+	$(add_qt_dep qtgui '' '' '5=')
+	$(add_qt_dep qtnetwork)
+	$(add_qt_dep qtsql 'mysql?,postgres?')
+	$(add_qt_dep qtwidgets)
+	$(add_qt_dep qtxml)
+	x11-misc/shared-mime-info
+	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )
+	xml? ( dev-libs/libxml2 )
+"
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	dev-libs/boost
+	dev-libs/libxslt
+	test? ( sys-apps/dbus )
+"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	!kde-apps/kdepim-l10n
+	!kde-apps/kdepimlibs
+	mysql? (
+		<dev-db/mariadb-10.2
+		virtual/mysql
+	)
+	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql )
+"
+
+# some akonadi tests time out, that probably needs more work as it's ~700 tests
+RESTRICT+=" test"
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-17.03.80-mysql56-crash.patch" )
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	# Set default storage backend in order: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
+	# reverse driver check to keep the order
+	use sqlite && DRIVER="QSQLITE3"
+	use postgres && DRIVER="QPSQL"
+	use mysql && DRIVER="QMYSQL"
+
+	if use sqlite || has_version "<${CATEGORY}/${P}[sqlite]"; then
+		ewarn "We strongly recommend you change your Akonadi database backend to either MySQL"
+		ewarn "or PostgreSQL in your user configuration."
+		ewarn "In particular, kde-apps/kmail does not work properly with the sqlite backend."
+	fi
+
+	kde5_pkg_setup
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DAKONADI_BUILD_QSQLITE=$(usex sqlite)
+		-DBUILD_TOOLS=$(usex tools)
+		$(cmake-utils_use_find_package xml LibXml2)
+	)
+
+	kde5_src_configure
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	# Who knows, maybe it accidentally fixes our permission issues
+	cat <<-EOF > "${T}"/akonadiserverrc
+[%General]
+Driver=${DRIVER}
+EOF
+	insinto /usr/share/config/akonadi
+	doins "${T}"/akonadiserverrc
+
+	kde5_src_install
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	kde5_pkg_postinst
+	elog "You can select the storage backend in ~/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc."
+	elog "Available drivers are:"
+	use mysql && elog "  QMYSQL"
+	use postgres && elog "  QPSQL"
+	use sqlite && elog "  QSQLITE3"
+	elog "${DRIVER} has been set as your default akonadi storage backend."
+}