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+# Template file for 'mftrace'
+pkgname=mftrace
+version=1.2.19
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+depends="python potrace"
+hostmakedepends="${depends}"
+short_desc="Trace a TeX bitmap font into PFA/PFB/TTF"
+maintainer="svenper <svenper@tuta.io>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://lilypond.org/mftrace"
+distfiles="http://lilypond.org/downloads/sources/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=778126f4220aa31fc91fa8baafd26aaf8be9c5e8fed5c0e92a61de04d32bbdb5