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+# Template file for 'jo'
+pkgname=jo
+version=0.5
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake"
+short_desc="Small utility to create JSON objects"
+maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://github.com/jpmens/jo"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="https://github.com/jpmens/jo/releases/download/v${version}/jo-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b90a0116a18125c246da8df24bc7e645a2ab36e2a9f876e9eb3ef90fbf79cd65
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}