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+# Template file for 'mate-power-manager'
+pkgname=mate-power-manager
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0 --disable-schemas-compile"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel dbus-glib-devel libnotify-devel libunique1-devel
+ upower0-devel libcanberra-devel libgnome-keyring-devel libmate-panel-devel"
+depends="dconf"
+short_desc="Power management tool for the MATE desktop"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://mate-desktop.org"
+distfiles="http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.8/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=3d83b7736b0b6256242db3b9efaa18530b4ba6d80b146eafaf511230ae926d9f