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+# Template file for 'golly'
+pkgname=golly
+version=2.7
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-src"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_script="gui-wx/configure/configure"
+configure_args="--with-wx-config=wx-config-3.0"
+makedepends="perl python-devel wxWidgets-devel"
+short_desc="Simulator for Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://golly.sourceforge.net/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}-src.tar.gz"  
+checksum=4ee86e42e16c09e41aa8492f66e5a4a1ea7a130c5abc43d962e2f1d5604bd971
+
+post_extract() {
+	# POSIX name clash
+	sed -i 's/PAGESIZE/GOLLYPAGESIZE/' gui-wx/*.cpp
+}