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+# Template file for 'novaboot'
+pkgname=novaboot
+version=20180323
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+build_style="gnu-makefile"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="perl"
+depends="perl perl-Expect"
+short_desc="Tool that automates booting of operating systems on hardware or in qemu"
+maintainer="adam <ametisf@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://github.com/wentasah/novaboot"
+distfiles="https://github.com/wentasah/novaboot/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f1a8781d9bb470d631014063986fb89334747bb718e3acef33d24a35f4359548