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+# Template file for 'forkstat'
+pkgname=forkstat
+version=0.02.10
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Program that logs process fork(), exec() and exit() activity"
+maintainer="Wilson Birney <wpb@360scada.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/forkstat/"
+distfiles="https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/forkstat/forkstat-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=af039bcd9f11ee76721d96c2c65d7e9c8d5df0a3f688bcbe0a5add2dd5dbb6da
+CFLAGS="-DVERSION=\'\"${version}\"\'"