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+# Template file for 'notmuch'
+pkgname=notmuch
+version=0.17
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="xapian-core-devel gmime-devel talloc-devel"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="notmuch -- the mail indexer"
+maintainer="Jan S. <jan.schreib@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://notmuchmail.org"
+distfiles="http://notmuchmail.org/releases/notmuch-0.17.tar.gz"
+checksum=d215e0e7e536c50bc0d8a455a58bb4ddabe0678cc637c4dcebdb57d5c4bcbe95