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+# Template file for 'mcabber'
+
+pkgname="mcabber"
+version="0.10.3"
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-hgcset --enable-aspell --enable-otr"
+short_desc="A small XMPP (Jabber) console client"
+maintainer="Lukas Epple <sternenseemann@lukasepple.de>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://mcabber.com"
+distfiles="http://mcabber.com/files/mcabber-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum="77466138496cc26db125145cc28dc4fc0df79827143b922dfb9f02eb0dc7fa6d"
+
+makedepends="ncurses-devel glib-devel loudmouth-devel libgcrypt-devel libotr-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"