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+# Template file for 'qpdfview'
+pkgname=qpdfview
+version=0.4.11.1
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt-qmake"
+makedepends="qt-devel poppler-qt4-devel libspectre-devel djvulibre-devel file-devel cups-devel"
+depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
+short_desc="A tabbed document viewer using Qt and the poppler library"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://launchpad.net/qpdfview"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="https://launchpad.net/${pkgname}/trunk/${version}/+download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e8ffbe23d30bd04e9178277f48154053d98154a219d10b60e9e910d3328fe60b
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i '/^Icon=/s|=.*|=qpdfview|' miscellaneous/${pkgname}.desktop.in
+}
+
+do_configure() {
+	lrelease ${pkgname}.pro
+	qmake QMAKE_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" QMAKE_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}" QMAKE_LFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" QMAKE_STRIP="" ${pkgname}.pro
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make INSTALL_ROOT=${DESTDIR} install
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	install -Dm644 icons/${pkgname}.svg ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/${pkgname}.svg
+}