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+# Template file for 'strace'
+pkgname=strace
+version=4.5.19
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="System Call Tracer"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=8997ce919e971b0ec45cd7006c6e1f9c7c0bce68ab59e3a629e1ddeda5013d08
+long_desc="
+ strace is a system call tracer, i.e. a debugging tool which prints out
+ a trace of all the system calls made by a process/program."
+
+Add_dependency full glibc
+# Required by strace-graph
+Add_dependency full perl