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+# Template file for 'pgn-extract'
+pkgname=pgn-extract
+version=17.55
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=yes
+short_desc="Portable Game Notation (PGN) Manipulator for Chess Games"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+homepage="https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/"
+license="GPL-3"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.cs.kent.ac.uk/pub/djb/pgn-extract/${pkgname}.tgz"
+checksum=5413393ec989bdb6b3e042437cc6efd076ef4cd4758def0d0cf05eac9e5de34d
+
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i '/^CC=/d' Makefile
+}
+do_install() {
+	vbin pgn-extract
+	vdoc help.html
+}