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+#!/usr/bin/env beesh
+
+# BEE_VERSION botan-2.19.1-0
+
+#SRCURL[0]="https://botan.randombit.net/releases/Botan-${PKGVERSION}.tar.xz"
+SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/30a71dd700d69561483fb1599a13ea3b/Botan-2.19.1.tar.xz"
+
+# PATCHURL+=()
+
+# build_in_sourcedir
+
+# sourcesubdir_append src
+
+
+#mee_extract() {
+#    bee_extract "${@}"
+#}
+
+#mee_patch() {
+#    bee_patch "${@}"
+#}
+
+mee_configure() {
+    ${S}/configure.py	--prefix=${PREFIX} \
+			--with-rst2man \
+			--without-sphinx \
+			--no-install-python-module
+}
+
+mee_build() {
+    mkdir temp_bin
+    ln -sv /usr/bin/rst2man.py temp_bin/rst2man
+    PATH=${PATH}:${B}/temp_bin/rst2man make ${BEE_MAKEFLAGS}
+}
+
+mee_install() {
+    make install DESTDIR=${D}    
+    rm -rfv ${D}/usr/share/doc
+}
+## by default this may be 'make install DESTDIR="${D}"'