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+# Template file for 'luaposix51'
+pkgname=luaposix51
+version=5.1.28
+revision=1
+lib32disabled=yes
+wrksrc="luaposix-release-v${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib/lua/5.1 --datadir=/usr/share/lua/5.1"
+hostmakedepends="perl lua51-devel"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel lua51-devel"
+depends="lua51"
+short_desc="A POSIX library for Lua programming language"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="http://luaforge.net/projects/luaposix/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix/archive/release-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d82a322cb93d25ef16ba2cbab79f6fa1d94806249542d771c2c89a5f9cc4345f
+
+post_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/$pkgname/examples
+	vcopy "*.lua" usr/share/$pkgname/examples
+}