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+# Template file for 'cargo-bootstrap'
+pkgname=cargo-bootstrap
+version=0.58.0
+revision=1
+short_desc="Bootstrap binaries of Rust package manager"
+maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
+license="MIT, Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://www.rust-lang.org/"
+conflicts="cargo>=0"
+lib32disabled=yes
+nostrip=yes
+
+_bootstrap_url="https://static.rust-lang.org/dist"
+_bootver=1.57.0
+
+# we don't use upstream cargo binaries for ppc32, as they are busted (probably
+# a dependency is wrong, which results in failed signature verification when
+# updating the crates.io index)
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64*|i686|ppc64le) ;;
+	*)
+		_bootstrap_url="https://alpha.de.repo.voidlinux.org/distfiles"
+		_bootver=${version}
+		;;
+esac
+
+wrksrc="cargo-${_bootver}-${RUST_TARGET}"
+distfiles="${_bootstrap_url}/cargo-${_bootver}-${RUST_TARGET}.tar.xz"
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686)
+		checksum="9898a1fae2647f930fa14b9c160a1d22e67ccc70ac0d2d8f79ef1ffcf8d89af7"
+		;;
+	x86_64)
+		checksum="ed2013713ae742895af5df8d91c5430ba9ba3c781e3bc7f3471b220cc06d565d"
+		;;
+	x86_64-musl)
+		checksum="0d8564d0348843d6c08d98990d9eac50b7b7ab790f89d514b4f45079e786d932"
+		;;
+	ppc64le)
+		checksum="599cf1b5a8cdbf76d591621bc9222aefa60e2f5fd378ae71c4dcf4514c47122e"
+		;;
+	ppc64le-musl)
+		checksum="99ae7661c62617ac42adacb50cce9ae8d019bcf85e987b98fbc27240bceb1dd9"
+		;;
+	ppc64)
+		checksum="c64b9cce7a3ceaf5c310fad70be33077f1e6dea1384767fcf744732c0daa7473"
+		;;
+	ppc)
+		checksum="e67c2a7d16b3c732a1dcb663d031daf6eaca4b74d1d15196086c53c0c3a5b0a2"
+		;;
+	*) broken="cargo bootstrap binaries unavailable for ${XBPS_MACHINE}";;
+esac
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin cargo/bin/cargo
+	vlicense LICENSE-APACHE
+	vlicense LICENSE-MIT
+	vlicense LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY
+}