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+SUMMARY = "C library for finding and handling crystal symmetries"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://atztogo.github.io/spglib/"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5e13e4b13c9ea72dbc9fda34255d9371"
+
+inherit autotools
+
+do_configure_prepend() {
+    touch ${S}/NEWS ${S}/README ${S}/AUTHORS
+}
+
+do_install_append() {
+    ln -sf libsymspg.so ${D}${libdir}/libspglib.so
+}
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+    https://github.com/atztogo/${BPN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz \
+"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "6bbf2cb37a2294f26f2324e1142ab7d8"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "315642d356c3e7b9cd0e3854f39e10cae89d5f757860db280f61eab3b70d17c2"