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+class Netatalk < Formula
+  desc "File server for Macs, compliant with Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)"
+  homepage "https://netatalk.io"
+  url "https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/releases/download/netatalk-4-0-8/netatalk-4.0.8.tar.xz"
+  sha256 "d09d591521b27b91b1c2a6255a2e059af8c9fda43570f983f0a145706e5f7628"
+  license all_of: [
+    "GPL-2.0-only",
+    "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+    "LGPL-2.0-only",
+    "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
+    "BSD-2-Clause",
+    "BSD-3-Clause",
+    "MIT",
+  ]
+  head "https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk.git", branch: "main"
+
+  depends_on "docbook-xsl" => :build
+  depends_on "meson" => :build
+  depends_on "ninja" => :build
+  depends_on "pkgconf" => :build
+
+  depends_on "berkeley-db"           # macOS bdb library is outdated
+  depends_on "libevent"
+  depends_on "libgcrypt"
+  depends_on "mysql"
+  depends_on "openldap"              # macOS LDAP.Framework is deprecated
+
+  uses_from_macos "libxslt" => :build
+  uses_from_macos "perl"
+
+  def install
+    prefix_path = ENV["HOMEBREW_PREFIX"]
+
+    args = %w[
+      -Dwith-afpstats=false
+      -Dwith-init-style=none
+      -Dwith-install-hooks=false
+      -Dwith-spotlight=false
+    ]
+
+    args << "-Dwith-bdb-path=#{prefix_path}/opt/berkeley-db"
+    args << "-Dwith-docbook-path=#{prefix_path}/opt/docbook-xsl/docbook-xsl"
+    args << "-Dwith-pam-config-path=#{prefix_path}/etc/pam.d"
+
+    args << "-Dwith-appletalk=true" if OS.linux?
+
+    system "meson", "setup", "build", *args, *std_meson_args
+    system "meson", "compile", "-C", "build", "--verbose"
+    system "meson", "install", "-C", "build"
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system sbin/"netatalk", "-V"
+    system sbin/"afpd", "-V"
+  end
+end