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+# Template file for 'mate-common'
+pkgname=mate-common
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+depends="automake libtool intltool pkg-config gtk-doc gettext-devel"
+short_desc="Common development macros for MATE"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="LGPL-2"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=0b04310e61d0f9a7dd3ba32aadae38a6d0089b464b134bf015472fc9f47a23cc