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+# Template file for 'ascii'
+pkgname=ascii
+version=3.15
+revision=1
+short_desc="List ASCII idiomatic names and octal/decimal code-point forms"
+maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
+license="BSD"
+homepage="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii"
+distfiles="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ascii-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ace1db8b64371d53d9ad420d341f2b542324ae70437e37b4b75646f12475ff5f
+
+do_build() {
+	make CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin ascii
+	vman ascii.1
+	vlicense COPYING
+}