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+# Template file for 'ponysay'
+pkgname=ponysay
+version=3.0.2
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+hostmakedepends="python3"
+depends="python3"
+short_desc="Pony rewrite of cowsay"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://erkin.github.com/ponysay/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/erkin/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=69e98a7966353de2f232cbdaccd8ef7dbc5d0bcede9bf7280a676793e8625b0d
+
+do_install() {
+	python3 setup.py --prefix=/usr --dest-dir=$DESTDIR \
+		--freedom=partial --everything \
+		--with-pdf=/usr/share/doc/ponysay --without-pdf-compression \
+		install
+}