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+# Template file for 'sage-data-polytopes_db'
+pkgname=sage-data-polytopes_db
+version=20170220
+revision=1
+wrksrc="polytopes_db-$version"
+short_desc="Database of 2 and 3-dimensional reflexive polytopes"
+maintainer="Gonzalo Tornaría <tornaria@cmat.edu.uy>"
+license="Public Domain"
+homepage="https://mirrors.mit.edu/sage/spkg/upstream/polytopes_db/"
+distfiles="https://mirrors.mit.edu/sage/spkg/upstream/polytopes_db/polytopes_db-$version.tar.bz2"
+checksum=cb788bdfca6e00864ec0bfa67932a68ae68bfeb9c527a91be90ad218026a0ce0
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/share/sagemath/reflexive_polytopes
+	vcopy * usr/share/sagemath/reflexive_polytopes
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sage-data-polytopes_db/update b/srcpkgs/sage-data-polytopes_db/update
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+pkgname=polytopes_db