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-##
-# Copyright 2009-2024 The Cyprus Institute
-#
-# This file is part of EasyBuild,
-# originally created by the HPC team of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc/en),
-# with support of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc),
-# the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) (https://www.vscentrum.be),
-# Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) (http://www.fwo.be/en)
-# and the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) (http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en).
-#
-# https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
-#
-# EasyBuild is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation v2.
-#
-# EasyBuild is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with EasyBuild.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-"""
-EasyBuild support for BamTools, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Andreas Panteli (The Cyprus Institute)
-@author: Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
-"""
-from easybuild.tools import LooseVersion
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.cmakemake import CMakeMake
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.makecp import MakeCp
-from easybuild.framework.easyconfig import CUSTOM
-from easybuild.tools.systemtools import get_shared_lib_ext
-
-
-class EB_BamTools(MakeCp, CMakeMake):
-    """Support for building and installing BamTools."""
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def extra_options(extra_vars=None):
-        """Extra easyconfig parameters for BamTools."""
-        extra_vars = MakeCp.extra_options()
-        extra_vars.update(CMakeMake.extra_options())
-
-        # files_to_copy is not mandatory here, since we overwrite it in install_step
-        extra_vars['files_to_copy'][2] = CUSTOM
-        # BamTools requires an out of source build
-        extra_vars['separate_build_dir'][0] = True
-
-        return extra_vars
-
-    def configure_step(self):
-        """Configure BamTools build."""
-        CMakeMake.configure_step(self)
-
-    def install_step(self):
-        """Custom installation procedure for BamTools."""
-        if LooseVersion(self.version) < LooseVersion('2.5.0'):
-            self.cfg['files_to_copy'] = ['bin', 'lib', 'include', 'docs', 'LICENSE', 'README']
-            MakeCp.install_step(self)
-        else:
-            CMakeMake.install_step(self)
-
-    def sanity_check_step(self):
-        """Custom sanity check for BamTools."""
-
-        shlib_ext = get_shared_lib_ext()
-
-        custom_paths = {
-            'files': ['bin/bamtools'],
-            'dirs': [],
-        }
-        if LooseVersion(self.version) < LooseVersion('2.3.0'):
-            # bamtools-utils & jsoncpp libs now built as static libs by default since v2.3.0
-            custom_paths['files'].extend(['lib/libbamtools-utils.%s' % shlib_ext, 'lib/libjsoncpp.%s' % shlib_ext])
-        elif LooseVersion(self.version) < LooseVersion('2.5.0'):
-            custom_paths['files'].extend(['include/shared/bamtools_global.h', 'lib/libbamtools.a',
-                                          'lib/libbamtools.%s' % shlib_ext, 'lib/libbamtools-utils.a',
-                                          'lib/libjsoncpp.a'])
-            custom_paths['dirs'].extend(['include/api', 'docs'])
-        else:
-            custom_paths['files'].extend(['include/bamtools/shared/bamtools_global.h',
-                                          ('lib/libbamtools.a', 'lib64/libbamtools.a')])
-            custom_paths['dirs'].extend(['include/bamtools/api', ('lib/pkgconfig', 'lib64/pkgconfig')])
-
-        super(EB_BamTools, self).sanity_check_step(custom_paths=custom_paths)