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+# Template file for 'luaexpat'
+pkgname=luaexpat
+version=1.3.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="LUA_INC=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.1 EXPAT_INC=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include"
+makedepends="lua51-devel expat-devel"
+depends="lua51"
+short_desc="XML Expat parsing for the Lua programming language"
+maintainer="Duncaen <mail@duncano.de>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/luaexpat/"
+distfiles="https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d060397960d87b2c89cf490f330508b7def1a0677bdc120531c571609fc57dc3