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+# Contributor: Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz>
+# Maintainer: Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz>
+pkgname=ruby-drb
+_gemname=drb
+# Keep version in sync with "Bundled gems" (https://stdgems.org) for the
+# packaged Ruby version.
+pkgver=2.2.1
+pkgrel=0
+pkgdesc="Distributed object system for Ruby"
+url="https://github.com/ruby/drb"
+arch="noarch"
+license="BSD-2-Clause AND Ruby"
+depends="ruby"
+makedepends="ruby-rdoc"
+checkdepends="
+	ruby-test-unit
+	ruby-test-unit-ruby-core
+	"
+subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
+source="https://github.com/ruby/drb/archive/v$pkgver/$_gemname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
+builddir="$srcdir/$_gemname-$pkgver"
+options="!check"  # FIXME: tests get stuck
+
+build() {
+	gem build $_gemname.gemspec
+}
+
+check() {
+	GEM_PATH="dist" ruby -I lib -I test/lib -r helper \
+		-e "Dir.glob('./test/**/test_*.rb', &method(:require))" -- --verbose
+}
+
+package() {
+	local gemdir="$pkgdir/$(ruby -e 'puts Gem.default_dir')"
+
+	gem install \
+		--local \
+		--install-dir "$gemdir" \
+		--ignore-dependencies \
+		--document ri \
+		--verbose \
+		$_gemname
+
+	# Remove unnessecary files.
+	cd "$gemdir"
+	rm -rf build_info cache extensions plugins
+
+	cd "$gemdir"/gems/$_gemname-$pkgver
+	rm -rf doc/ NEWS* README*
+}
+
+doc() {
+	pkgdesc="$pkgdesc (ri docs)"
+
+	amove "$(ruby -e 'puts Gem.default_dir')"/doc
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+f896c068306908977a3554ba9adc88ec8e145a6ef60c2b32ab15402a1d20ff206ddbcce955b7e7f19bdbbd8613521819a56733bf0d2ee28e72242a7f5257cf38  drb-2.2.1.tar.gz
+"