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+# Template file for 'python3-xcffib'
+pkgname=python3-xcffib
+version=0.11.1
+revision=1
+wrksrc=xcffib-${version}
+build_style=python3-pep517
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools pkg-config cabal-install parallel xcb-proto python3-cffi python3-wheel"
+makedepends="python3-devel libffi-devel libxcb-devel python3-six"
+depends="python3-six python3-cffi libxcb"
+short_desc="Drop-in replacement for xpyb based on cffi"
+maintainer="Kai Stian Olstad <void@olstad.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/tych0/xcffib"
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=bd89c1e65cf4773fe10d70209ba069e0e1fe82c37c121501fc404aa9867d0ff3
+nocross="Cannot yet cross compile with Haskell"
+
+pre_build() {
+	cabal v2-update
+	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig make ${makejobs} xcffib
+}