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+# Template file for 'gcal'
+pkgname=gcal
+version=4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="tzutils perl"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+short_desc="Display hybrid and proleptic Julian and Gregorian calendar sheets"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/gcal/"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=59c5c876b12ec70649d90e2ce76afbe2f4ed93503d49ec39e5c575b3aef8ff6e