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+# Template file for 'xdg-user-dirs'
+pkgname=xdg-user-dirs
+version=0.12
+distfiles="http://user-dirs.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Tool to help manage user directories"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=0b9c18f06a035e498a2c01f1326f28e8a2f2f7f8fb947e39fc771ce570a79c5d
+long_desc="
+ $pkgname is a tool to help manage 'well known' user directories like
+ the desktop folder and the music folder. It also handles localization
+ (i.e. translation) of the filenames."
+
+noarch=yes
+conf_files="
+/etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf
+/etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults"
+
+Add_dependency build gettext