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+version=\
+(
+    "1.55.0"
+)
+
+vendor_version="$(echo $version | tr . _)"
+
+url=\
+(
+    "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/$version/boost_$vendor_version.tar.bz2"
+)
+
+maintainer=\
+(
+    'Jose Pinto <zepinto@fe.up.pt>'
+)
+
+md5=\
+(
+    "d6eef4b4cacb2183f2bf265a5a03a354"
+)
+
+requires=\
+(
+    'bzip2/default'
+)
+
+post_unpack()
+{
+    patches=$(ls "$pkg_dir/patches-${version}/"*.patch)
+    if [ -n "$patches" ]; then
+        cd "../boost_$vendor_version" &&  cat $patches | patch -p1
+    fi
+}
+
+configure()
+{
+    cd "../boost_$vendor_version" &&
+    ./bootstrap.sh \
+        --with-icu="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr"
+
+    GXX_VER=$(${cmd_target_cxx} -dumpversion)
+    echo "using gcc : ${GXX_VER}  : ${cmd_target_cxx} : <cxxflags>\"-pipe -Os  -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 ${cfg_target_gcc_flags} \" <linkflags>\"\" ;" > user-config.jam
+    echo "" >> user-config.jam
+}
+
+build()
+{
+    cd "../boost_$vendor_version" &&
+    ./bjam -d+2 \
+	toolset=gcc \
+	variant=release \
+	link=shared \
+	threading=multi \
+	runtime-link=shared \
+        -sICU_PATH="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+	--user-config=user-config.jam \
+	--prefix="${cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot}/usr" \
+	--without-python \
+	--layout=tagged
+}
+
+
+host_install()
+{
+    cd "../boost_$vendor_version" &&
+    ./bjam -d+2 \
+	toolset=gcc \
+	variant=release \
+	link=shared \
+	threading=multi \
+	runtime-link=shared \
+        -sICU_PATH="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+	--user-config=user-config.jam \
+	--prefix="${cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot}/usr" \
+	--without-python \
+        --layout=tagged \
+        install
+
+    mkdir -p "${cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot}/usr/share"
+    cp -rvd "../boost_$vendor_version/boost" \
+	"${cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot}/usr/share"
+}
+
+target_install()
+{
+    base="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr/lib"
+    for f in "$base/libboost_"*.so*; do
+        dst="$cfg_dir_rootfs/lib/$(basename "$f")"
+        cp -v -d "$f" "$dst" &&
+        $cmd_target_strip "$dst"
+    done
+}