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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"
+
+  bottle do
+    sha256 arm64_sequoia: "5aff5ad6a6dccba9fab03fd27a12cd517ab04f73c535b7b45535cf13d8957175"
+    sha256 arm64_sonoma:  "d9146fce6e190d8f5558389f6ee795331dd801f6af42cb7a57a2b246b8e9277f"
+    sha256 arm64_ventura: "ea9c8c297943ae06289cecaecc46873808e4c025dcd26efb2cd14c960c4613a9"
+    sha256 sonoma:        "22af562496f53cffb3aa4ed4d5f6be7dbbe29e35fe9720c5942d1e4c180e1d38"
+    sha256 ventura:       "f54bb34fae8700afc7eebfe3946fcb9442d2eaabc5f55391803e2fc50605e074"
+    sha256 x86_64_linux:  "eeaf7470fce660f94284f477223bf45fb9ccafa4c4f06217e317e6d24a53f018"
+  end
+
+  depends_on "docbook-xsl" => :build
+  depends_on "meson" => :build
+  depends_on "ninja" => :build
+  depends_on "pkgconf" => :build
+
+  depends_on "berkeley-db@5" # macOS bdb library lacks DBC type etc.
+  depends_on "cracklib"
+  depends_on "libevent"
+  depends_on "libgcrypt"
+  depends_on "mysql"
+  depends_on "openldap" # macOS LDAP.Framework is not fork safe
+
+  uses_from_macos "libxslt" => :build
+
+  uses_from_macos "krb5"
+  uses_from_macos "libxcrypt"
+  uses_from_macos "perl"
+
+  on_linux do
+    depends_on "avahi" # on macOS we use native mDNS instead
+    depends_on "cups" # used by the AppleTalk print server
+    depends_on "libtirpc" # on macOS we use native RPC instead
+  end
+
+  patch do
+    url "https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/commit/206fb7771862b9b98452c934dac884aaa397c8ca.patch?full_index=1"
+    sha256 "fd448734556daf0344be4fa0bb09e4704c4123078ad804069d288aa0e3e104d6"
+  end
+
+  def install
+    inreplace "distrib/initscripts/macos.netatalk.in", "@sbindir@", opt_sbin
+    inreplace "distrib/initscripts/macos.netatalk.plist.in", "@bindir@", opt_bin
+    inreplace "distrib/initscripts/macos.netatalk.plist.in", "@sbindir@", opt_sbin
+    inreplace "distrib/initscripts/systemd.netatalk.service.in", "@sbindir@", opt_sbin
+    bdb5_rpath = rpath(target: Formula["berkeley-db@5"].opt_lib)
+    ENV.append "LDFLAGS", "-Wl,-rpath,#{bdb5_rpath}" if OS.linux?
+    args = [
+      "-Dwith-afpstats=false",
+      "-Dwith-appletalk=#{OS.linux?}", # macOS doesn't have an AppleTalk stack
+      "-Dwith-bdb-path=#{Formula["berkeley-db@5"].opt_prefix}",
+      "-Dwith-docbook-path=#{Formula["docbook-xsl"].opt_prefix}/docbook-xsl",
+      "-Dwith-init-dir=#{prefix}",
+      "-Dwith-init-hooks=false",
+      "-Dwith-install-hooks=false",
+      "-Dwith-statedir-path=#{var}",
+      "-Dwith-pam-config-path=#{etc}/pam.d",
+      "-Dwith-rpath=false",
+      "-Dwith-spotlight=false",
+    ]
+
+    system "meson", "setup", "build", *args, *std_meson_args
+    system "meson", "compile", "-C", "build", "--verbose"
+    system "meson", "install", "-C", "build"
+  end
+
+  service do
+    name macos: "io.netatalk.daemon", linux: "netatalk"
+    require_root true
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system sbin/"netatalk", "-V"
+    system sbin/"afpd", "-V"
+    assert_empty shell_output(sbin/"netatalk")
+  end
+end