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+source: "https://upower.freedesktop.org/releases/upower-0.99.11.tar.xz"
+hash: "64b5ffbfccd5bdb15d925777979a4dbee1a957f9eaeb158dc76175267eddbdef"
+version: "0.99.11-3"
+
+cbuilder: <
+  extra_configure_flag: "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=${prefix}/lib/systemd/system"
+  extra_configure_flag: "--with-systemduserunitdir=${prefix}/lib/systemd/user"
+  extra_configure_flag: "--localstatedir=/var"
+>
+
+# build dependencies:
+dep: "libgudev"
+dep: "libusb"