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+# Template file for 'wesnoth'
+pkgname=wesnoth
+version=1.12
+revision=0
+build_style=cmake
+hostmakedepends="cmake"
+makedepends="SDL-devel SDL_image-devel SDL_net-devel SDL_ttf-devel SDL_mixer-devel pango-devel fontconfig-devel libvorbis-devel zlib-devel bzip2-devel boost-devel pkg-config"
+short_desc="Turn-based fantasy strategy game"
+maintainer="M Farkas-Dyck <strake888@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://wesnoth.org/"
+distfiles="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wesnoth/wesnoth-${version}/wesnoth-${version}/wesnoth-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=9e2b15cf6196ae7059fc48b5483aa6973473688602958dd64211b1775b513e0a
+wrksrc=wesnoth-${version}.0