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+# Template file for 'carbons'
+pkgname=carbons
+version=0.2.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=yes
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libpurple-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel"
+short_desc="Pidgin/libpurple plugin for XEP-0280: Message Carbons"
+maintainer="tibequadorian <tibequadorian@posteo.de>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/gkdr/carbons"
+distfiles="https://github.com/gkdr/carbons/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7aa847cb121483b10677dd67ae401af94550d1a65311fc502600998d2ef67b64
+
+LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/purple-2"