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+# Template file for 'geth'
+pkgname=geth
+version=1.8.17
+revision=1
+wrksrc="go-ethereum-${version}"
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
+go_package="${go_import_path}/cmd/geth"
+go_build_tags="v${version}"
+short_desc="Official Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol"
+maintainer="Hoang Nguyen <hoang@wetrust.io>"
+license="LGPL-3.0-only"
+homepage="https://geth.ethereum.org"
+distfiles="https://${go_import_path}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=46447764285829ab9500f272f8fc1d49a5e0cd886944ada9ac67431b403a72a6