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+GIT=https://github.com/visit1985/mdp.git
+BUILD_DEPENDS=(ncursesw)
+DEPENDS="terminfo"
+
+function recipe_version {
+    printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+    sysroot="${PWD}/../sysroot"
+    export CC="${HOST}-gcc"
+    export LD="${HOST}-ld"
+    export CFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include -I$sysroot/include/ncursesw"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib"
+
+    make
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+    make clean
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+    dest="$(realpath $1)"
+    make DESTDIR="$dest" PREFIX="" install
+    skip=1
+}