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+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="A USENET software package designed for small sites"
+SRC_URI="mirror://sourceforge/${PN}/${P}.tar.bz2"
+HOMEPAGE="http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/"
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~x86"
+IUSE="ipv6"
+
+DEPEND=">=dev-libs/libpcre-3.9"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	virtual/inetd"
+DOCS=( CREDITS ChangeLog FAQ.txt FAQ.pdf INSTALL NEWS README-daemontools UNINSTALL-daemontools README README-MAINTAINER README-FQDN )
+
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-checkpeerlocal_ipv6_fix.patch" )
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf \
+		--sysconfdir=/etc/leafnode \
+		--localstatedir=/var \
+		--with-spooldir=/var/spool/news \
+		$(use_with ipv6)
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+
+	keepdir \
+		/var/lib/news \
+		/var/spool/news/{failed.postings,interesting.groups,leaf.node,out.going,temp.files} \
+		/var/spool/news/message.id/{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
+
+	fowners -R news:news /var/{lib,spool}/news
+
+	insinto /etc/xinetd.d
+	newins "${FILESDIR}"/leafnode.xinetd leafnode-nntp
+
+	exeinto /etc/cron.hourly
+	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/fetchnews.cron fetchnews
+	exeinto /etc/cron.daily
+	newexe "${FILESDIR}"/texpire.cron texpire
+
+	dodoc FAQ.html FAQ.xml README-FQDN.html
+}