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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=gcem
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+# gcem upstream tags only sporadically; pin to the commit that fluidsynth
+# 2.5.x's FindGCEM.cmake / submodule references. Update in lockstep with
+# the consumer's expected revision.
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/kthohr/gcem.git
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2024-04-28
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=012ae73c6d0a2cb09ffe86475f5c6fba3926e200
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=70df878c9d85281c6816c231cbb320a9eccb4fb73ef32612cf8948b17716fc49
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
+
+CMAKE_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
+
+# upstream CMakeLists.txt declares cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1),
+# which trips modern CMake's deprecated-policy guard.
+CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
+	-DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
+
+define Package/gcem
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=GCE-Math header-only constexpr math library
+  URL:=https://github.com/kthohr/gcem
+  BUILDONLY:=1
+endef
+
+define Package/gcem/description
+GCE-Math (Generalized Constant Expression Math) is a templated C++
+library enabling compile-time computation of mathematical functions.
+Header-only; consumed at build time only.
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/gcem.hpp $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/gcem_incl $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/cmake/gcem
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/cmake/gcem/* $(1)/usr/lib/cmake/gcem/
+endef
+
+define Package/gcem/install
+	:
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,gcem))