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+VERSION=1.8.4
+TAR=https://sourceforge.net/projects/sdl-sopwith/files/sdl_sopwith/$VERSION/sopwith-$VERSION.tar.gz
+BUILD_DEPENDS=(sdl liborbital libiconv)
+
+function recipe_version {
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+    wget -O autotools/config.sub http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.sub
+    sysroot="${PWD}/../sysroot"
+    export CFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include -I$sysroot/include/SDL"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib"
+
+    ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix='' --with-sdl-prefix="$sysroot"
+    make
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+    make clean
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+    dest="$(realpath $1)"
+    make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+    skip=1
+}