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+# Template file for 'steamos-compositor'
+pkgname=steamos-compositor
+version=1.17.3
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config"
+makedepends="libXxf86vm-devel libXrender-devel libXcomposite-devel
+ libXdamage-devel libXpm-devel libSM-devel MesaLib-devel
+ SDL_image-devel libudev-devel"
+short_desc="Compositor used by SteamOS \"based on xcompmgr by Keith Packard et al.\""
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/pool/main/s/${pkgname}"
+distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}_${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=693509e2edf66bf2577a8b279edfd14e690c3f4e56b5f6e4955517061380b9b6
+
+LDFLAGS="-lXfixes -lXext -lXdamage"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	rm -f configure
+	autoreconf -fi
+}