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+# Template file for 'mate-dialogs'
+pkgname=mate-dialogs
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel libnotify-devel"
+short_desc="Display graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts"
+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=1db39f743846377c1b5e065c1199285cd70509a26ae2fbdec0884b06f00bcbda