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+# Copyright 2018 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+require github [ user=Microsoft tag=v${PV} ]
+
+MY_PV="15.6+xamarinxplat.2018.01.17.14.14-0xamarin1+ubuntu1404b1"
+
+SUMMARY="The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the build platform for .NET and Visual Studio"
+DOWNLOADS="http://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu/pool/main/m/msbuild/msbuild_${MY_PV}_all.deb"
+
+LICENCES="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+PLATFORMS="~amd64 ~x86"
+MYOPTIONS=""
+
+DEPENDENCIES="
+    run:
+        dev-lang/mono
+"
+
+BUGS_TO="hasufell@posteo.de"
+
+WORK=${WORKBASE}
+
+# TODO: switch to source build once a new proper release exists
+# https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild/issues/3023
+
+src_unpack() {
+    default
+    unpack ./data.tar.xz
+}
+
+src_install() {
+    insinto /usr/$(exhost --target)/lib
+    doins -r usr/lib/*
+
+    dobin usr/bin/*
+}
+