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+# template for 'zpaq'
+
+pkgname=zpaq
+version=6.60
+revision=1
+license="GPL-3"
+short_desc="Incremental Journaling Backup Utility and Archiver"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="unzip"
+maintainer="necrophcodr <necrophcodr@necrophcodr.me>"
+homepage="http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html"
+distfiles="http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq660.zip"
+create_wrksrc=yes
+checksum=58fe7d94421ac115fb04eb58bacc17093ebd1294b05320989bcb1ce3be29cbdc
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin zpaq
+}