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+# Template file for 'geoipupdate'
+pkgname=geoipupdate
+version=2.3.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--mandir=/usr/share/man --sysconfdir=/etc/geoip"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
+makedepends="zlib-devel libcurl-devel"
+short_desc="GeoIP update client code "
+maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
+homepage="https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/releases/download/v$version/geoipupdate-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=4f71e911774c4fd32e217889c242d2c311fa5ffd3df56be48a2d1aedfe2e671c
+conf_files="/etc/geoip/GeoIP.conf"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}