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+# Template file for 'gnubg'
+pkgname=gnubg
+version=1.02.000
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libglib-devel gtk+-devel python-devel readline-devel readline"
+short_desc="GNU Backgammon"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.gnubg.org"
+distfiles="http://www.gnubg.org/media/sources/$pkgname-release-$version-sources.tar.gz"
+checksum=7ece7fc02481f8e6c08869306f1cf52cad9ec5ddd675de67782cf028a6dcb504