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+# Template file for 'kakasi'
+pkgname=kakasi
+version=2.3.6
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="Tool to convert Kanji characters to Hiragana, Katakana or Romaji"
+maintainer="Andrew Savonichev <andrew.savonichev@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://kakasi.namazu.org/"
+distfiles="http://kakasi.namazu.org/stable/kakasi-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=004276fd5619c003f514822d82d14ae83cd45fb9338e0cb56a44974b44961893
+
+nocross="https://travis-ci.org/voidlinux/void-packages/jobs/378177805#L933
+ https://travis-ci.org/voidlinux/void-packages/jobs/378177806#L933"
+