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+# Template file for 'wayland-protocols'
+pkgname=wayland-protocols
+version=1.3
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config wayland-devel"
+short_desc="Protocols and protocol extensions complementing the Wayland core protocol"
+maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://wayland.freedesktop.org"
+distfiles="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases/wayland-protocols-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=6bcd0633fdf9225ef1c7d2831f542e947f7d79811c79fc37f57b2e5375ded82f
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense COPYING
+}