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+# Template file for 'purple-hangouts'
+_hghash="cad4296747d5"
+
+pkgname=libpurple-hangouts
+version=20180704
+revision=1
+wrksrc="EionRobb-purple-hangouts-$_hghash"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config unzip protobuf-c"
+makedepends="libpurple-devel protobuf-c-devel json-glib-devel"
+short_desc="Google Hangouts plugin for libpurple [hg $_hghash]"
+maintainer="Peter Bui <pbui@github.bx612.space>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts"
+distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts/get/${_hghash}.zip"
+checksum=ad88362068374e7e5968e4cc5367287cf4c23b82dfb689d28990ad58c391326d