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+# Template file for 'gns3-server'
+pkgname=gns3-server
+version=1.5.3
+revision=1
+build_style=python3-module
+hostmakedepends="python3 python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3 python3-zipstream python3-Jinja2 python3-yarl python3-aiohttp-cors raven-python dynamips"
+short_desc="Graphical Network Simulator 3 - Server"
+maintainer="Michael Aldridge <aldridge.mac@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://gns3.com"
+distfiles="https://github.com/GNS3/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2f42dd1bc1304bed04a83ce3e7fe158cc126a1aad4e044d541af0726ed8693fb
+
+# The source archive contains statically linked artifacts for x86_64
+# glibc, since this is the only architecture supported by upstream, we
+# mirror that requirement here.  The artifacts in questions are the C
+# modules that are used to drive additional virtualization backends
+# for gns3.  For more information, see this ticket:
+# https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/970
+only_for_archs="x86_64"