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+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit cmake-utils
+
+DESCRIPTION="C/C++ library for manipulating the LAS LiDAR format common in GIS"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libLAS/libLAS/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/libLAS/libLAS/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+
+SLOT="0"
+LICENSE="BSD"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
+IUSE="gdal"
+
+DEPEND="
+ dev-libs/boost:=
+ sci-geosciences/laszip
+ sci-libs/libgeotiff:=
+ gdal? ( sci-libs/gdal:= )
+"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+
+# tests known to fail due to LD_LIBRARY_PATH issue
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/libLAS-${PV}"
+
+PATCHES=(
+ "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.8.0_remove-std-c++98.patch
+ "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-fix-overload-call.patch # bug 661654
+)
+
+src_prepare() {
+ cmake-utils_src_prepare
+
+ # add missing linkage
+ sed -e 's:${LAS2COL} ${LIBLAS_C_LIB_NAME}:& ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}:' \
+ -i "${S}/apps/CMakeLists.txt" || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+ local mycmakeargs=(
+ -DLIBLAS_LIB_SUBDIR=$(get_libdir)
+ -DWITH_GDAL=$(usex gdal)
+ )
+ cmake-utils_src_configure
+}