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+# Template file for 'dynamips'
+pkgname=dynamips
+version=0.2.16
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+makedepends="elfutils-devel"
+depends="iouyap"
+short_desc="Hardware emulation for Cisco IOS capable devices"
+maintainer="Michael Aldridge <aldridge.mac@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips"
+distfiles="https://github.com/GNS3/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0fcf18d701898a77cb589bd9bad16dde436ac1ccb87516fefe07d09de1a196c0
+
+# Dynamips does processor instruction translation.  This is already
+# painfully slow on powerful x86 hardware and is unlikely to work
+# reliably on arm processors.
+only_for_archs="i686 i686-musl x86_64 x86_64-musl"