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+# Template file for 'tpacpi-bat'
+pkgname=tpacpi-bat
+version=3.1
+revision=1
+depends="acpi_call-dkms perl"
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+short_desc="ThinkPad ACPI Battery Util using acpi_call"
+maintainer="Daniel A. Maierhofer <git@damadmai.at>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/teleshoes/$pkgname"
+distfiles="$homepage/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=017084cc82061ebf2837373adb516f1fd1beb78694bbef257a1d112d6081d9d6
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin $pkgname
+	vdoc README.md
+}