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+# Template file for 'gnome-books'
+pkgname=gnome-books
+version=3.32.0
+revision=1
+build_helper="gir"
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala glib-devel librsvg docbook-xsl libxslt"
+makedepends="gjs-devel gtk+3-devel libglib-devel webkit2gtk-devel tracker-devel
+ gnome-desktop-devel evince-devel libgepub-devel"
+short_desc="E-book manager application for GNOME"
+maintainer="Rasmus Thomsen <oss@cogitri.dev>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Books"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=a49e2ff49f1ee96ca66836e48c80f6f0fc863f7b9682dc684df26bce19f76cf2
+nocross="Mozjs60 .pc file's Cflags don't honor the sysroot which leads to missing includes"