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+# Template file for 'brotli'
+pkgname=brotli
+version=0.4.0
+revision=1
+build_wrksrc="tools"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/google/brotli"
+distfiles="https://github.com/google/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=09aeea757c68a39feb0350a1506b5543ec5ce2c09988711d9e4dc1e9907dac7d
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin bro
+	vlicense ../LICENSE
+}