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+# Template file for 'cargo-update'
+pkgname=cargo-update
+version=9.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config go-md2man"
+makedepends="libgit2-devel libssh2-devel openssl-devel"
+short_desc="Cargo subcommand for updates to installed executables"
+maintainer="Jan Christian Grünhage <jan.christian@gruenhage.xyz>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update"
+distfiles="https://github.com/nabijaczleweli/cargo-update/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=91667cfa404b6e2c9d0eafdf801f0740b863cc1b0e269e681369a6b6093dec3c
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+	vdoc README.md
+
+	cd man
+	for page in *.md; do
+		go-md2man -in ${page} -out ${page%.md}.1
+		vman ${page%.md}.1
+	done
+}