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+# Template file for 'alpine'
+pkgname=alpine
+version=2.20
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--without-passfile --without-tcl --disable-shared
+ --with-ssl-dir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
+ --with-system-pinerc=/etc/${pkgname}.d/pine.conf
+ --with-system-fixed-pinerc=/etc/${pkgname}.d/pine.conf.fixed"
+hostmakedepends="hunspell"
+makedepends="pam-devel ncurses-devel gettext-devel libldap-devel mit-krb5-devel"
+short_desc="Apache-licensed PINE mail user agent (with Chappa patches)"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://patches.freeiz.com/alpine/"
+distfiles="http://patches.freeiz.com/${pkgname}/patches/${pkgname}-${version}/all.patch.gz
+ http://patches.freeiz.com/${pkgname}/release/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum="1dbf8ae947372502fdf41aba0c395c838007682d302230c1c43c66423f83a0ee
+ ed639b6e5bb97e6b0645c85262ca6a784316195d461ce8d8411999bf80449227"
+
+post_extract() {
+	patch -Np0 <all.patch
+	sed -i '/run test program/s/^/: /' ${build_wrksrc}/configure
+}
+
+do_build() {
+	make -C pith help_c_gen help_h_gen \
+		CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" CPPFLAGS=
+	make ${makejobs} all CC="$CC"
+}