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+# Template file for 'lua-lpeg'
+pkgname=lua-lpeg
+_lualibname=lpeg
+version=0.12.1
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="lua>=5.2"
+makedepends="lua-devel>=5.2"
+depends="lua>=5.2"
+short_desc="Pattern-matching library for Lua based on Parsing Expression Grammars"
+maintainer="Tj Vanderpoel (bougyman) <tj@rubyists.com>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/"
+distfiles="${homepage}/${_lualibname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+wrksrc=${_lualibname}-${version}
+checksum=60c6752dd043034c01929b04dab377d139f53bc098710cf735be53dd603fa22a
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args=" LUADIR=/usr/include"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -Dm755 ${_lualibname}.so "${DESTDIR}"/usr/lib/lua/5.2/${_lualibname}.so
+	install -Dm644 re.lua "${DESTDIR}"/usr/share/lua/5.2/re.lua
+}