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+# Template file for 'pidgin-privacy-please'
+pkgname=pidgin-privacy-please
+version=0.7.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-release-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake intltool libtool pkg-config"
+makedepends="libpurple-devel pidgin-devel glib-devel"
+depends="pidgin"
+short_desc="Pidgin plugin to stop spam"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/cockroach/pidgin-privacy-please"
+distfiles="https://github.com/cockroach/${pkgname}/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7a91a9453c4fa756ad889161d05004417b61cda2761fbbb628bd3c9b328ffa1b
+
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 sh ./autogen.sh
+}