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+# Template file for 'ser2net'
+pkgname=ser2net
+version=4.6.5
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libgensio-devel libyaml-devel"
+checkdepends="python"
+short_desc="Serial to network interface, allows TCP/UDP to serial port connections"
+maintainer="Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://github.com/cminyard/ser2net"
+changelog="https://github.com/cminyard/ser2net/releases"
+distfiles="https://github.com/cminyard/ser2net/releases/download/v${version}/ser2net-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=96dfc3fd06b1bf4d7c1f46d7e8cc1eff555de64f419d76f57bd0346e000f9781
+make_check=no # requires python-gensio which is not built