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+# Template file for 'gesso'
+pkgname=gesso
+version=0.1.3
+revision=1
+build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="wayland-devel wayland-protocols"
+short_desc="Deterministic Wayland wallpaper daemon and CLI"
+maintainer="Dustin Pilgrim <dustinpilgrim1997@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/saltnpepper97/gesso"
+distfiles="https://github.com/saltnpepper97/gesso/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=01f8306202af5c953f13d62af2bda0ce2825cd37d677535dc024808df89a3d3b
+
+# Upstream has no test suite yet, and running `cargo test` in the Void build sandbox
+# is not useful for this package: the project is a Wayland wallpaper daemon/CLI and
+# any future integration tests would require a live Wayland compositor/session which
+# is not available during package builds.
+make_check=no
+
+do_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+
+	# Find the built binaries reliably (works for native + cross)
+	local tdir="${CARGO_TARGET_DIR:-$wrksrc/target}"
+
+	local gesso_bin
+	local gessod_bin
+
+	gesso_bin=$(find "$tdir" -type f -path "*/release/gesso" -perm -111 | head -n1)
+	gessod_bin=$(find "$tdir" -type f -path "*/release/gessod" -perm -111 | head -n1)
+
+	if [ -z "$gesso_bin" ] || [ -z "$gessod_bin" ]; then
+		msg_error "Could not find built binaries in $tdir (looked for */release/gesso and */release/gessod)"
+	fi
+
+	vbin "$gesso_bin"
+	vbin "$gessod_bin"
+
+	vman gesso.1
+}