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+# Template file for 'plzip'
+pkgname=plzip
+version=1.5
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+makedepends="lzlib-devel"
+short_desc="Multi-threaded compressor using the lzip file format"
+maintainer="bra1nwave <brainwave@openmailbox.org>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip"
+distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/lzip/plzip/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=cd401683c2c57ecf170c99a873e41e9e5fee0e9680341646e31032e31489cc8a
+
+do_configure() {
+	./configure --prefix=/usr CXX="$CXX" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+}