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+# Template file for 'mdcat'
+pkgname=mdcat
+version=0.4.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}
+hostmakedepends="cargo cmake"
+short_desc="Cat for markdown"
+maintainer="Wilson Birney <wpb@360scada.com>"
+license="Apache License 2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/lunaryorn/mdcat"
+distfiles="https://github.com/lunaryorn/mdcat/archive/mdcat-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=99e8f2f0bf5cedce3d58ff52f5d2e0d8854fddde208d1656df0b11dd7931ab95
+nocross=yes
+
+do_build() {
+	cargo build --release ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin target/release/${pkgname}
+}