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-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=8
-
-inherit cmake
-
-DESCRIPTION="JSON-RPC (1.0 & 2.0) framework for C++"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/cinemast/libjson-rpc-cpp/"
-SRC_URI="
-	https://github.com/cinemast/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-		-> ${P}.tar.gz
-"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0/1"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="+http-client +http-server redis-client redis-server +stubgen test"
-RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
-
-DEPEND="
-	dev-libs/jsoncpp:=
-	http-client? ( net-misc/curl:= )
-	http-server? ( net-libs/libmicrohttpd:= )
-	redis-client? ( dev-libs/hiredis:= )
-	redis-server? ( dev-libs/hiredis:= )
-	stubgen? ( dev-libs/argtable:= )
-"
-RDEPEND="
-	${DEPEND}
-"
-BDEPEND="
-	test? (
-		<dev-cpp/catch-3
-	)
-"
-
-src_configure() {
-	local mycmakeargs=(
-		-DHTTP_CLIENT=$(usex http-client)
-		-DHTTP_SERVER=$(usex http-server)
-		-DREDIS_CLIENT=$(usex redis-client)
-		-DREDIS_SERVER=$(usex redis-server)
-		# they have no deps
-		-DTCP_SOCKET_CLIENT=ON
-		-DTCP_SOCKET_SERVER=ON
-		-DSERIAL_PORT_CLIENT=ON
-		-DSERIAL_PORT_SERVER=ON
-		-DUNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET_CLIENT=ON
-		-DUNIX_DOMAIN_SOCKET_SERVER=ON
-		# they are not installed
-		-DCOMPILE_EXAMPLES=OFF
-		-DCOMPILE_STUBGEN=$(usex stubgen)
-		-DCOMPILE_TESTS=$(usex test)
-		# disable coverage-related flags
-		-DWITH_COVERAGE=OFF
-	)
-	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
-		-DCATCH_INCLUDE_DIR="${EPREFIX}/usr/include"
-	)
-
-	cmake_src_configure
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# Tests fail randomly when run in parallel
-	local MAKEOPTS=-j1
-	cmake_src_test
-}