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+# Template file for 'R-cran-scales'
+pkgname=R-cran-scales
+version=0.4.1
+revision=1
+build_style=R-cran
+depends+="	R-cran-RColorBrewer R-cran-dichromat R-cran-plyr
+		R-cran-munsell>=0.2 R-cran-labeling R-cran-Rcpp"
+makedepends+="	R-cran-RColorBrewer R-cran-dichromat R-cran-plyr
+		R-cran-munsell R-cran-labeling R-cran-Rcpp"
+short_desc="Scale Functions for Visualization"
+maintainer="Florian Wagner <florian@wagner-flo.net>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/hadley/scales"
+checksum=642b88fb1fce7bac72a0038ce532b65b8a79dffe826fec25033cf386ab630cd3
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}