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+# Template file for 'zim-tools'
+pkgname=zim-tools
+version=1.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libzim-devel xapian-core-devel icu-devel"
+short_desc="Various ZIM command line tools"
+maintainer="John Zimmermann <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://www.openzim.org"
+distfiles="https://github.com/openzim/zim-tools/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=714fff4108aa837408f4d61d385dceeb6da89c0c8d08e69bbe36b5b45ffe1d00