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+# Template build file for 'xev'.
+pkgname=xev
+version=1.0.3
+distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/app/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Display X events"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=d4ac7ae154ee9733be27a5f55586abb9362c768f5fb8a4fc7fd2645100a9313a
+long_desc="
+ Xev is an X11 debugging tool. Xev creates a window (or can attach
+ to an existing window) and then asks the X server to send it events
+ whenever anything happens to the window (such as it being moved,
+ resized, typed in, clicked in, etc cetera).
+
+ This is the version of xev maintained by Xorg."
+
+Add_dependency build pkg-config
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full libX11