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+# Template file for 'lemonbar-xft'
+pkgname=lemonbar-xft
+version=1.0.20161107
+revision=1
+_commit=043ad4757cc079666f50212ee0a2ef0729ecac6b
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+wrksrc="bar-${_commit}"
+hostmakedepends="perl libXft-devel libxcb-devel"
+makedepends="libxcb-devel libXft-devel"
+short_desc="A lightweight xcb based bar with xft support"
+maintainer='ivierlin <github@ivierlin.de>'
+homepage="https://github.com/krypt-n/bar"
+license="MIT"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ec7705009e02094aef3bb22814b5764dae53b9bd719de0b6aa5002ee6e532994
+
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i "s/^\(VERSION =\).*/\1 ${version}/" Makefile
+	sed -i 's/^\(CFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' Makefile
+	sed -i 's/^\(LDFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' Makefile
+}
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}