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+# Template file for 'lurch'
+pkgname=lurch
+version=0.6.7
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=yes
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config"
+makedepends="libgcrypt-devel libglib-devel libpurple-devel libxml2-devel mxml-devel sqlite-devel"
+short_desc="Pidgin/libpurple plugin for XEP-0384: OMEMO Encryption"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="GPL-3.0-only"
+homepage="https://github.com/gkdr/lurch"
+distfiles="https://github.com/gkdr/lurch/releases/download/v${version}/lurch-${version}-src.tar.gz"
+checksum=56e49907bb2ddf2763f0deba7eb8eca7fcea235ab36dc2613f69a4b795cd3a20
+
+LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/purple-2"