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+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=6
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_4 python3_5 )
+
+inherit python-r1 udev vcs-snapshot
+
+VCS_COMMIT="4a15c2d3019aacd891e7d2151334e22b2cebe0ca"
+DESCRIPTION="Replacement for xbacklight that uses the ACPI interface to set brightness"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/wavexx/acpilight/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/wavexx/acpilight/archive/${VCS_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+RDEPEND="virtual/udev
+ ${PYTHON_DEPS}
+ !x11-apps/xbacklight"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+DOCS=( README.rst )
+
+src_install() {
+ python_foreach_impl python_doscript xbacklight
+ udev_dorules "${FILESDIR}"/90-backlight.rules
+ einstalldocs
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+ udev_reload
+ einfo
+ elog "To use the xbacklight binary as a regular user, you must be a part of the video group"
+ einfo
+ elog "If this utility does not find any backlights to manipulate,"
+ elog "verify you have kernel support on the device and display driver enabled."
+ einfo
+}
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+SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/chgrp video /sys/class/backlight/%k/brightness"
+SUBSYSTEM=="backlight", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/bin/chmod g+w /sys/class/backlight/%k/brightness"
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+ <maintainer type="person">
+ <email>grknight@gentoo.org</email>
+ <name>Brian Evans</name>
+ </maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>