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+# Template file for 'units'
+pkgname=units
+version=2.11
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="python texinfo"
+makedepends="readline-devel"
+depends="python python-Unidecode"
+short_desc="Converts between different units"
+maintainer="beefcurtains <beefcurtains@users.noreply.github.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/units/units.html"
+distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=53b6daf2a03d9a060449944b0a6c1aca0d18a84d1d9a93098e4a8920181f5abe