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-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit autotools elisp-common java-pkg-opt-2
-
-MY_P=ThePEG-${PV}
-
-DESCRIPTION="Toolkit for High Energy Physics Event Generation"
-HOMEPAGE="https://thepeg.hepforge.org/"
-
-TEST_URI="https://www.hepforge.org/downloads/lhapdf/pdfsets/current"
-SRC_URI="https://www.hepforge.org/downloads/thepeg/${MY_P}.tar.bz2
-	test? (
-		hepmc3? (
-			${TEST_URI}/cteq6ll.LHpdf
-			${TEST_URI}/cteq5l.LHgrid
-			${TEST_URI}/GRV98nlo.LHgrid
-			${TEST_URI}/MRST2001nlo.LHgrid )
-	)"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
-SLOT="0/30"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="emacs fastjet +hepmc3 lhapdf static-libs test zlib rivet"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-CDEPEND="
-	sci-libs/gsl:0=
-	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )
-	fastjet? ( sci-physics/fastjet:0= )
-	rivet? ( <sci-physics/rivet-4:=[hepmc3] )
-	hepmc3? ( sci-physics/hepmc:3= )
-	lhapdf? ( >=sci-physics/lhapdf-6.0:0= )
-	zlib? ( virtual/zlib:= )"
-DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
-	sci-libs/gsl:=
-	java? ( >=virtual/jdk-1.8:*[-headless-awt] )
-	test? (
-		sys-process/time
-		dev-libs/boost
-	)"
-RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
-	java? ( >=virtual/jre-1.8:* )
-"
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.0.4-gcc6.patch
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.3.0-rivet.patch # properly support rivet/yoda weights in thepeg, reported to upstream by mail.
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.3.0-functional.patch # https://bugs.gentoo.org/941477
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-2.2.3-java.patch
-)
-
-src_prepare() {
-	find -name 'Makefile.am' -exec \
-		sed -i -e '1ipkgdatadir=$(datadir)/ThePEG' {} \; || die
-	# trick to force c++ linking
-	sed -i \
-		-e '1inodist_EXTRA_libThePEG_la_SOURCES = dummy.cxx' \
-		-e '/dist_pkgdata_DATA = ThePEG.el/d' \
-		lib/Makefile.am || die
-	default
-	if use java; then
-		sed -i "s/JAVA_PKG_GET_SOURCE/$(java-pkg_get-source)/g" configure.ac java/Makefile.am || die
-		sed -i "s/JAVA_PKG_GET_TARGET/$(java-pkg_get-target)/g" configure.ac java/Makefile.am || die
-	fi
-	java-pkg-opt-2_src_prepare
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	local -x CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
-	if use java; then
-		local -x JAVAC="$(java-pkg_get-javac)"
-		local -x JAVA="$(java-config -J)"
-		local -x JAR="$(java-config -j)"
-		local -x JAVAC_SOURCE="$(java-pkg_get-source)"
-		local -x JAVAC_TARGET="$(java-pkg_get-target)"
-	fi
-	econf \
-		$(use_enable static-libs static) \
-		$(use_with fastjet fastjet "${ESYSROOT}"/usr) \
-		$(use_with hepmc3 hepmc "${ESYSROOT}"/usr) \
-		$(use_with hepmc3 hepmcversion 3) \
-		$(use_with java javagui) \
-		$(use_with lhapdf lhapdf "${ESYSROOT}"/usr) \
-		$(use_with test boost "${ESYSROOT}"/usr) \
-		$(use_with rivet rivet "${ESYSROOT}"/usr) \
-		$(use_with zlib zlib "${ESYSROOT}"/usr)
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	default
-	use emacs && elisp-compile lib/ThePEG.el
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	emake LHAPATH="${DISTDIR}" check
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-	use emacs && elisp-install ${PN} lib/ThePEG.el{,c}
-	use java && java-pkg_newjar java/ThePEG.jar
-
-	cat <<-EOF > "${T}"/50${PN} || die
-	LDPATH="${EPREFIX}/usr/$(get_libdir)/ThePEG"
-	EOF
-	doenvd "${T}"/50${PN}
-
-	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	use emacs && elisp-site-regen
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	use emacs && elisp-site-regen
-}