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+# Template file for 'mktorrent'
+pkgname=mktorrent
+version=1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="USE_OPENSSL=1"
+makedepends="libressl-devel"
+short_desc="Simple command line utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files"
+maintainer="Georg Schabel <gescha@posteo.de>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/esmil/mktorrent/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/esmil/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ab1c42a7fc9f136d4ebc5535d384d1a184cc77fe8054acd4c2f176f3a8c0dac7