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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2025 Kurt Kremitzki <kurt@kwk.systems>
+#
+#    This program 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; either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program 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 this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+VERSION=1
+
+# FreeCAD was not present in Debian Testing when Ubuntu 24.04 was released;
+# jump forward to pull the version from 24.10
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular universe'
+
+. ./config
+
+changelog "Package freecad for trisquel"
+# Disable patches needed for Ubuntu 24.10 versions
+remove_patch "0030-octt78.patch"
+remove_patch "3000-vtk9.3.patch"
+# Remove OpenCASCADE version pin associated with previous patch
+sed -i 's/ (>= 7.8.1+dfsg1)//' debian/control
+
+package