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+# Template file for 'gnustep-back'
+pkgname=gnustep-back
+version=0.27.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="gnustep-make gcc-objc pkg-config"
+makedepends="gnustep-base-devel gnustep-gui-devel freetype-devel libart-devel
+ cairo-devel libXt-devel libXmu-devel"
+short_desc="Backend library for drawing GNUstep GUIs"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://www.gnustep.org/"
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-back-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2ed9c69124a3cd0aefe65224044b807dee83ac45218d080a7cbe6b2f12028048
+
+nocross="objc doesn't get cross build at present within gcc"