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+# Template file for 'slurm'
+pkgname=slurm
+version=0.4.2
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-upstream-${version}"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+short_desc="Yet another network load monitor"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="https://github.com/mattthias/slurm"
+update_pattern="upstream/\K[\d.]+\d"
+distfiles="https://github.com/mattthias/slurm/archive/upstream/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8a28e11650928d87a907f9b154f6efd1ad5854cdc56a528da2e02e756e0aa58e
+
+do_build() {
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o slurm slurm.c ${LDFLAGS} \
+		-D_HAVE_NCURSES -D_HAVE_NCURSES_COLOR -D__Debian__ -lncurses
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin slurm
+	vman slurm.1
+	vmkdir usr/share/slurm
+	vcopy "themes/*" usr/share/slurm
+}