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+# Template file for 'ssss'
+pkgname=ssss
+version=0.5
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="xmltoman"
+makedepends="gmp-devel"
+short_desc="Simple command-line implementation of Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme"
+maintainer="Andy Weidenbaum <archbaum@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/"
+distfiles="http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=5d165555105606b8b08383e697fc48cf849f51d775f1d9a74817f5709db0f995
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin ssss-combine
+	vbin ssss-split
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vman ssss.1
+	vdoc doc.html
+	vdoc ssss.1.html
+}