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+# Template file for 'hello'
+pkgname=hello
+version=2.10
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Friendly greeting program"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/"
+distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=31e066137a962676e89f69d1b65382de95a7ef7d914b8cb956f41ea72e0f516b