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+# $Id: PKGBUILD 182460 2016-07-07 13:03:56Z spupykin $
+# Maintainer: Sergej Pupykin <pupykin.s+arch@gmail.com>
+# Maintainer: rubenvb vanboxem <dottie> ruben <attie> gmail <dottie> com
+
+# Same as official package but uses symlinks instead of hard links allowing
+# installation when /usr/i686-w64-mingw32 and /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32 are
+# bound from another partition.
+
+_targets="i686-w64-mingw32 x86_64-w64-mingw32"
+
+pkgname=mingw-w64-binutils-symlinks
+pkgver=2.27
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="Cross binutils for the MinGW-w64 cross-compiler (uses symlinks instead of hard links)"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils"
+license=('GPL')
+groups=('mingw-w64-toolchain' 'mingw-w64')
+depends=('zlib')
+provides=('mingw-w64-binutils')
+conflicts=('mingw-w64-binutils')
+options=('!libtool' '!emptydirs')
+source=("http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
+md5sums=('41b053ed4fb2c6a8173ef421460fbb28')
+
+prepare() {
+  cd ${srcdir}/binutils-${pkgver}
+  #do not install libiberty
+  sed -i 's/install_to_$(INSTALL_DEST) //' libiberty/Makefile.in
+  # hack! - libiberty configure tests for header files using "$CPP $CPPFLAGS"
+  sed -i "/ac_cpp=/s/\$CPPFLAGS/\$CPPFLAGS -O2/" libiberty/configure
+}
+
+build() {
+  for _target in $_targets; do
+    msg "Building ${_target} cross binutils"
+    mkdir -p ${srcdir}/binutils-${_target} && cd "${srcdir}/binutils-${_target}"
+    $srcdir/binutils-${pkgver}/configure --prefix=/usr \
+        --target=${_target} \
+        --infodir=/usr/share/info/${_target} \
+        --enable-lto --enable-plugins \
+        --disable-multilib --disable-nls \
+        --disable-werror
+    make
+  done
+}
+
+package() {
+  for _target in ${_targets}; do
+    msg "Installing ${_target} cross binutils"
+    cd ${srcdir}/binutils-${_target}
+    make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install
+  done
+  cd "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
+  for file in *; do
+    if [[ ! -L $file ]] && [[ ! -d $file ]]; then
+      local _arch="${file%*-w64-mingw32*}"
+      local _name="${file#*-w64-mingw32-}"
+      local _target="/usr/${_arch}-w64-mingw32/bin/${_name}"
+      if [[ -f ${pkgdir}/${_target} ]]; then
+        ln -sf "${_target}" "${file}"
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+}