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+# Template file for 'powerstat'
+pkgname=powerstat
+version=0.01.37
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends=""
+makedepends=""
+depends=""
+short_desc="Measures the power consumption using the ACPI battery information"
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/powerstat/"
+distfiles="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/powerstat/powerstat-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=bbf51d323ff9d438b020d8a749446b7104a4915c59ec554f15095a25a1d939f6