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+# Template file for 'm17n-db'
+pkgname=m17n-db
+version=1.7.0
+revision=1
+_glibc_version=2.26
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-charmaps=${XBPS_BUILDDIR}/glibc-${_glibc_version}/localedata/charmaps"
+short_desc="Multilingual text processing library (database)"
+maintainer="newbluemoon <blaumolch@mailbox.org>"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+homepage="http://www.nongnu.org/m17n/"
+distfiles="${NONGNU_SITE}/${pkgname/-db/}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz
+ ${GNU_SITE}/glibc/glibc-${_glibc_version}.tar.xz"
+checksum="a2ba9f80161433d5c06e57915a9cd51f26c6df4a8909723f952cdbb9b48508f0
+ e54e0a934cd2bc94429be79da5e9385898d2306b9eaf3c92d5a77af96190f6bd"