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+# Template file for 'halibut'
+pkgname=halibut
+version=1.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" halibut"
+fi
+short_desc="Yet another free document preparation system"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/"
+distfiles="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/halibut-1.1.tar.gz"
+checksum=b964950d11ed09d3af28ac095da539613f6e50d650f01fe72b4ae752724c80a0
+
+do_install() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		export HALIBUT=/usr/bin/halibut
+	fi
+	make -e -C doc
+	vman doc/halibut.1
+	vdoc doc/halibut.txt
+	vbin build/halibut
+	vlicense LICENCE LICENSE
+}