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+package:
+  name: kubernetes-csi-node-driver-registrar-2.16
+  version: "2.16.0"
+  epoch: 0 # CVE-2025-61729
+  description: Sidecar container that registers a CSI driver with the kubelet using the kubelet plugin registration mechanism.
+  copyright:
+    - license: Apache-2.0
+  dependencies:
+    provides:
+      - kubernetes-csi-node-driver-registrar=${{package.full-version}}
+
+environment:
+  contents:
+    packages:
+      - busybox
+      - ca-certificates-bundle
+      - go
+
+pipeline:
+  - uses: git-checkout
+    with:
+      expected-commit: fb325021eed265c487fd3aa394d99806831b0eff
+      repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/node-driver-registrar
+      tag: v${{package.version}}
+
+  - uses: go/build
+    with:
+      ldflags: -X main.version=v${{package.version}} -extldflags '-static'
+      output: csi-node-driver-registrar
+      packages: ./cmd/csi-node-driver-registrar
+      vendor: "true"
+
+subpackages:
+  - name: ${{package.name}}-compat
+    pipeline:
+      - runs: |
+          # The helm chart expects the binaries to be in / instead of /usr/bin
+          mkdir -p "${{targets.subpkgdir}}"
+          ln -sf /usr/bin/csi-node-driver-registrar ${{targets.subpkgdir}}/csi-node-driver-registrar
+    dependencies:
+      provides:
+        - kubernetes-csi-node-driver-registrar-compat=${{package.full-version}}
+    description: Compatibility package to place binaries in the location expected by upstream helm charts
+    test:
+      pipeline:
+        - uses: test/virtualpackage
+          with:
+            virtual-pkg-name: kubernetes-csi-node-driver-registrar-compat
+            real-pkg-name: ${{subpkg.name}}
+
+update:
+  enabled: true
+  github:
+    identifier: kubernetes-csi/node-driver-registrar
+    strip-prefix: v
+    tag-filter: v2.16.
+
+test:
+  pipeline:
+    # AUTOGENERATED
+    - runs: |
+        csi-node-driver-registrar --version
+        csi-node-driver-registrar --help