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+# Template file for 'mtpaint'
+pkgname=mtpaint
+version=3.49.12
+revision=1
+_commit=6aed1b0441f99055fc7d475942f8bd5cb23c41f8
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
+		imagick cflags GIF jpeg jp2 tiff lcms2 man"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="giflib-devel gtk+-devel libmagick-devel libopenjpeg-devel"
+depends="desktop-file-utils"
+maintainer="cr6git <quark6@protonmail.com>"
+short_desc="Simple GTK+2 painting program"
+homepage="http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/"
+license="GPL-3"
+distfiles="https://github.com/wjaguar/mtPaint/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=ccb862d7b9f638b141459a4407d140dda95a99d3bf734ffcab321c131d1b7423
+wrksrc="mtPaint-${_commit}"