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+# Template file for 'silc-client'
+pkgname=silc-client
+version=1.1.8
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-debug --enable-ipv6 --disable-optimizations --with-perl=yes
+ ac_cv_func_pthread_rwlock_init=set ac_cv_func_epoll_wait=set"
+makedepends="silc-toolkit-devel ncurses-devel pcre-devel glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+short_desc="Secure Internet Live Conferencing client"
+maintainer="Ypnose <linuxienATlegtuxDOTorg>"
+license="GPL"
+homepage="http://www.silcnet.org/"
+distfiles="http://www.silcnet.org/download/client/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=aac435e4fbe37ef1aabafcbc4ab224e29b76d23439ca75f4c4945d8164ed71d2
+
+do_build() {
+	make CC=$CC INCS="-I." LIBS="-lsilcclient -lpthread -lsilc -lncurses" ${makejobs}
+}
+
+silc-client_package() {
+	conf_files="/etc/silc.conf"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr
+	}
+}