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+# Template file for 'amp'
+pkgname=amp
+version=0.3.3
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="cargo git python3 pkg-config cmake perl"
+makedepends="libxcb-devel libressl-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="A complete text editor for your terminal"
+maintainer="Wilson Birney <wpb@360scada.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/jmacdonald/amp"
+distfiles="https://github.com/jmacdonald/amp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8a77cf1cda4dd9485b3f49dfb9c8a738de60b4cb0ab5f97f674b9b78fd3cd313
+nocross=yes
+
+do_build() {
+	cargo build --release ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin target/release/${pkgname}
+}