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+# Template file for 'luaposix52'
+pkgname=luaposix52
+version=33.4.0
+revision=1
+lib32disabled=yes
+wrksrc="luaposix-release-v${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib/lua/5.3 --datadir=/usr/share/lua/5.3 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}"
+hostmakedepends="perl lua52-devel"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel lua52-devel"
+depends="lua52"
+short_desc="A POSIX library for Lua programming language"
+maintainer="Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://luaforge.net/projects/luaposix/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/archive/release-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e66262f5b7fe1c32c65f17a5ef5ffb31c4d1877019b4870a5d373e2ab6526a21
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+	vmkdir usr/share/$pkgname/examples
+	vcopy "examples/*.lua" usr/share/$pkgname/examples
+}