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+# Template file for 'runc'
+pkgname=runc
+version=1.0.0
+revision=1
+_subver="rc4"
+_ver="$version-$_subver"
+build_style=go
+go_import_path=github.com/opencontainers/runc
+wrksrc="$pkgname-$_ver"
+hostmakedepends="git go pkg-config"
+makedepends="libseccomp-devel"
+short_desc="CLI tool for spawning and running OCI containers"
+maintainer="Paul Knopf <pauldotknopf@gmail.com>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/opencontainers/runc"
+distfiles="https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v${_ver}/runc.tar.xz"
+checksum=a059c773455b723fa792fab3d82baa1e01de5b68defda70400ba3683831c7d95
+
+do_build() {
+	cd ${GOSRCPATH}
+	make
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	cd ${GOSRCPATH}
+	make install BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
+}