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+# Template file for 'hivex'
+pkgname=hivex
+version=1.3.14
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-ocaml" # currently ocaml is broken
+makedepends="libxml2-devel python-devel ruby-devel perl"
+hostmakedepends="python perl ruby ocaml ocaml-findlib perl-IO-stringy"
+depends="perl"
+short_desc="System for extracting the contents of Windows Registry."
+maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="http://libguestfs.org"
+distfiles="http://libguestfs.org/download/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=eb5cb29f5eb41185688cc1be454895b53c1965578f036ebf31ac32992f121b2b
+nocross=yes