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+VERSION="0.29.2"
+TAR="https://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+BUILD_DEPENDS=(gettext glib libiconv pcre)
+
+function recipe_version {
+	echo "$VERSION"
+	skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_update {
+	echo "skipping update"
+	skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+	wget -O config.sub http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.sub
+	export LDFLAGS="--static"
+	./configure \
+	    --build="${BUILD}" \
+	    --host="${HOST}" \
+	    --prefix="" \
+	    --disable-shared \
+	    --enable-static
+	make -j"$(nproc)"
+    	skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+	echo "skipping test"
+	skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+	make clean
+	skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+	export DESTDIR="$(realpath $1)"
+	make install
+	rm -f "${DESTDIR}/lib/"*.la
+	skip=1
+}