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+# Template file for 'metalog'
+pkgname=metalog
+version=1
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.lzma"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+configure_args="--with-unicode"
+short_desc="Modern replacement for syslogd and klogd"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=4f27a64e7abb1a1ecb078147db8db4e1edf2bcb72723ec5d9456af09255ff167
+long_desc="
+ Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged messages
+ can be dispatched according to their facility, urgency, program name
+ and/or Perl-compatible regular expressions."
+
+conf_files="/etc/metalog.conf"
+
+Add_dependency full glibc
+Add_dependency full pcre
+Add_dependency build lzma-utils