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+# Template file for 'mmtf-cpp'
+pkgname=mmtf-cpp
+version=1.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+makedepends="msgpack-devel"
+depends="msgpack-devel"
+short_desc="C++ implementation of the MMTF API, decoder and encoder"
+maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-cpp"
+distfiles="https://github.com/rcsb/mmtf-cpp/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=881f69c4bb56605fa63fd5ca50842facc4947f686cbf678ad04930674d714f40
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}