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+# Template file for 'bgs'
+pkgname=bgs
+version=0.6
+revision=1
+homepage="http://github.com/Gottox/bgs"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Gottox/${pkgname}/releases/download/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+makedepends="imlib2-devel libXinerama-devel"
+short_desc="An extremely fast and small background setter for X"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+license="MIT"
+checksum=3f03fa59aea6ef554d26fe7a8dd2f6ad81fd01e7ad1ad1da86c9da516f3c32de
+
+do_build() {
+	sed -i \
+		-e 's/CPPFLAGS =/CPPFLAGS +=/g' \
+		-e 's/^CFLAGS = -g/#CFLAGS += -g/g' \
+		-e 's/^#CFLAGS = -std/CFLAGS += -std/g' \
+		-e 's/^LDFLAGS = -g/#LDFLAGS += -g/g' \
+		-e 's/^#LDFLAGS = -s/LDFLAGS += -s/g' \
+		config.mk
+	make CC=$CC INCS="-I." LIBS="-lX11 -lXinerama -lImlib2"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$DESTDIR install
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vdoc README
+	vman bgs.1
+}