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+SUMMARY = "Open Asset Import Library"
+DESCRIPTION = "The Open Asset Import Library (assimp) is a portable Open Source \
+library to import various well-known 3D model formats in a uniform manner."
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/assimp/assimp"
+SECTION = "devel"
+
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=f2d38c9e0d63058b051065fb7b1102a8"
+
+DEPENDS = "zlib"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/assimp/assimp.git;protocol=https;branch=master"
+
+SRCREV = "1962da5ac484434524e7a25d566046edd932f901"
+
+PV = "5.x+git${SRCPV}"
+
+inherit cmake
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = "\
+ -DASSIMP_BUILD_ASSIMP_TOOLS=OFF \
+ -DASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+ -DASSIMP_LIB_INSTALL_DIR=${baselib} \
+ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${prefix} \
+ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=${baselib} \
+ -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON \
+ -DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=OFF \
+"
+
+do_install:append() {
+
+ sed -i \
+ -e "s:${WORKDIR}.*:${prefix}:g" \
+ -e "s:${TMPDIR}.*:${prefix}:g" \
+ ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig/assimp.pc
+
+ find ${D} -name "*assimp*cmake*" -delete
+ find ${D} -name "*.la" -delete
+}