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+# Template file for 'mt-st'
+pkgname=mt-st
+version=1.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Linux SCSI tape driver aware magnetic tape control (aka mt)"
+maintainer="allan <mail@may.mooo.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/backup/"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/backup/mt-st-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=945cb4f3d9957dabe768f5941a9148b746396836c797b25f020c84319ba8170d
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin mt
+	vman mt.1
+	vbin stinit
+	vman stinit.8
+	vdoc stinit.def.examples
+}