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+# Maintainer: George Rawlinson <grawlinson@archlinux.org>
+
+_gemname=ruby-progressbar
+pkgname=ruby-$_gemname
+pkgver=1.11.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="A flexible text progress bar library for Ruby"
+arch=('any')
+url="https://github.com/excon/exco://github.com/jfelchner/ruby-progressbar"
+license=('MIT')
+depends=('ruby')
+makedepends=('ruby-rdoc')
+options=('!emptydirs')
+source=("https://rubygems.org/downloads/$_gemname-$pkgver.gem")
+noextract=("$_gemname-$pkgver.gem")
+b2sums=('7e25622c983a6efaaa3597f92019d6ee5ee0e9c602a8955cdac2e7f1170e07141544635d2a5be6a17e13cebdc26aa259d3c77c5f2fa2c44ab4f8af7305a6dba2')
+
+package() {
+  local _gemdir="$(ruby -e'puts Gem.default_dir')"
+
+  gem install \
+    --verbose \
+    --ignore-dependencies \
+    --no-user-install \
+    --install-dir "$pkgdir/$_gemdir" \
+    --bindir "$pkgdir/usr/bin" \
+    "$_gemname-$pkgver.gem"
+
+  # delete cache
+  cd "$pkgdir/$_gemdir"
+  rm -vrf cache
+
+  # delete unnecessary files & folders
+  cd "gems/$_gemname-$pkgver"
+  rm -vrf Rakefile
+
+  # move documentation
+  install -vd "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname"
+  mv -vt "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname" *.md
+
+  # move license
+  install -vd "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname"
+  mv -vt "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname" LICENSE.txt
+}