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+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: AndyRTR <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: Miguel Revilla <yo at miguelrevilla.com>
+# Contributor: David Sotelo <dvsotelo at gmail.com>
+# Contributor: Nuno Araujo <nuno.araujo@russo79.com>
+
+pkgname=qpdf
+pkgver=4.2.0
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="QPDF: A Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System"
+arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+url="http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/"
+license=('custom:Artistic-2.0')
+depends=('pcre' 'perl')
+makedepends=('make')
+options=('!libtool')
+source=(https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/archive/release-qpdf-4.2.0.tar.gz)
+md5sums=('0d637fc3a0a8663c8c16cb49c679c699')
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/qpdf-release-${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static
+  make
+}
+
+check() {
+  cd "$srcdir/qpdf-release-$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  make -k check
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/qpdf-release-${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}/" install
+
+  mkdir -m755 -p ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+  install -m644 Artistic-2.0 ${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/
+}