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+# Template file for '9menu'
+pkgname=9menu
+version=1.8
+revision=1
+makedepends="libX11-devel"
+short_desc="lightweight menu for X11"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="ftp://freefriends.org/arnold/Source"
+distfiles="ftp://freefriends.org/arnold/Source/${pkgname}-${version}.shar.gz"
+checksum=e84fa86b026073edac412194981a3e9cc4513cca4f9d9188c337fe416474dac1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+
+do_extract() {
+	zcat "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.shar.gz" | sh
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} 9menu.c -lX11 -o 9menu
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/bin
+	vmkdir usr/share/man/man1
+	vinstall 9menu 755 usr/bin
+	vinstall 9menu.1 0644 /usr/share/man/man1
+}