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+pkgname="mypaint"
+version="1.1.0"
+revision=1
+short_desc="Graphics application for digital painters"
+maintainer="Stefan Mühlinghaus <jazzman@alphabreed.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://mypaint.intilinux.com"
+distfiles="http://download.gna.org/mypaint/mypaint-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum="780d57e50dd90afd586873bc5120261930ea4c309d4d0958020916932122e838"
+depends="pygtk python gtk+ python-numpy python-cairo>=1.4 libpng lcms2 json-c"
+makedepends="scons swig pkg-config json-c-devel python-numpy-devel libglib-devel libpng-devel lcms2-devel gtk+-devel python-gobject2-devel"
+function post_extract {
+    sed "s/'json'/'json-c'/g" "${wrksrc}/brushlib/SConscript" >"${wrksrc}/tmp"
+    mv "${wrksrc}/tmp" "${wrksrc}/brushlib/SConscript"
+}
+function do_build {
+    scons
+}
+function do_install {
+    scons prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr install
+}