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+# Template file for 'buffer'
+pkgname=buffer
+version=2014.11.26
+revision=1
+_gitrev=2b58f5b78f7511b4d4e2eb0e9f8b0af16dea3985
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_gitrev}
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Speed up writing tapes on remote tape drives"
+maintainer="jbu <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/scotte/buffer"
+distfiles="https://github.com/scotte/buffer/archive/${_gitrev}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=14a881fcd070b1dcd8ec91d8d036f22094c22ac3769c274f0d7d6799038a73c3
+
+pre_build() {
+	sed -i Makefile \
+		-e"s;^\(CC\)=.*;\1=$CC;" \
+		-e's;$(CC) -o buffer $(CFLAGS) buffer.o sem.o;& $(LDFLAGS);'
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin buffer
+	mv buffer.{man,1}
+	vman buffer.1
+}