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+pkgname="freeciv"
+version="2.5.0"
+revision="1"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel libcurl-devel"
+short_desc="Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game"
+maintainer="Juhani Imberg <juhani@imberg.fi>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+checksum="bd9f7523ea79b8d2806d0c1844a9f48506ccd18276330580319913c43051210b"
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