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+# Template file for 'powertop'
+pkgname=powertop
+version=1.11
+distfiles="http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/download/powertop-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_makefile
+short_desc="Linux tool to find out what is using power on a laptop"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=70e7cc53e5fbade5e447bda9f0ca12f2153bf426e074dbac3a2e97adf46180f2
+long_desc="
+ PowerTOP is a Linux tool that finds the software component(s) that make your
+ laptop use more power than necessary while it is idle. As of Linux kernel
+ version 2.6.21, the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will
+ (in theory) give a huge power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode
+ for longer periods of time during system idle.
+
+ However... there are many things that can ruin the party, both inside the
+ kernel and in userspace. PowerTOP combines various sources of information from
+ the kernel into one convenient screen so that you can see how well your system
+ is doing, and which components are the biggest problem."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run ncursesw
+Add_dependency build gettext
+Add_dependency build ncursesw-devel