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+# Template build file for 'perl-IO-String'
+pkgname=perl-IO-String
+version=1.08
+revision=1
+wrksrc="IO-String-${version}"
+build_style=perl-module
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="perl"
+depends="perl"
+short_desc="IO::String - Emulate file interface for in-core strings"
+maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
+homepage="http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/IO-String/"
+license="Artistic, GPL-1"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/IO/IO-String-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=2a3f4ad8442d9070780e58ef43722d19d1ee21a803bf7c8206877a10482de5a0
+noarch=yes