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+# Template file for 'icedtea-web'
+pkgname=icedtea-web
+version=1.6.2
+revision=1
+
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-jdk-home=/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk $(vopt_enable plugin)"
+hostmakedepends="zip openjdk pkg-config"
+makedepends="glib-devel libX11-devel"
+depends="openjdk"
+short_desc="An implementation of Java Web Start"
+maintainer="Felix Hanley <felix@userspace.com.au>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web"
+distfiles="http://icedtea.classpath.org/download/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ce67034096d6b960e2b6cfb5c41a7bd6b30eb2ec7f13bf3ecdb477ff6ce69300
+
+build_options="plugin"
+desc_option_plugin="Build browser plugin"