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+# Template file for 'xsettingsd'
+pkgname=xsettingsd
+version=0.0.20151712
+revision=1
+_git_ref=b4999f5e9e99224caf97d09f25ee731774ecd7be
+wrksrc=$pkgname-$_git_ref
+build_style=scons
+hostmakedepends="scons pkg-config libX11-devel"
+makedepends="libX11-devel"
+short_desc="Daemon that implements the XSETTINGS specification"
+maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
+homepage="https://github.com/derat/xsettingsd"
+distfiles="https://github.com/derat/xsettingsd/archive/${_git_ref}.tar.gz"
+checksum=16c14ce201d71f5ca66477cfcc276874e3af8d1bc3bb01cd04059ca9757c4449
+
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i '48ienv.Replace(CXX=os.environ.get("CXX", ""))' SConstruct
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin xsettingsd
+	vbin dump_xsettings
+	vman xsettingsd.1
+	vman dump_xsettings.1
+	vlicense COPYING
+}