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+# Template file for 'mairix'
+pkgname=mairix
+version=0.23
+revision=1
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
+makedepends="flex bison bzip2-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="A program for indexing and searching emails"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.rpcurnow.force9.co.uk/mairix/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=804e235b183c3350071a28cdda8eb465bcf447092a8206f40486191875bdf2fb