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+# Template file for 'perl-CPAN-Common-Index'
+pkgname=perl-CPAN-Common-Index
+version=0.010
+revision=1
+noarch=yes
+wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
+build_style=perl-module
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="$hostmakedepends perl-URI perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo
+ perl-Tie-Handle-Offset"
+checkdepends="$hostmakedepends perl-Test-Deep perl-Test-FailWarnings
+ perl-Test-Fatal"
+depends="${makedepends}"
+short_desc="Common library for searching CPAN modules, authors and distributions"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/CPAN-Common-Index"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/CPAN/CPAN-Common-Index-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c43ddbb22fd42b06118fe6357f53700fbd77f531ba3c427faafbf303cbf4eaf0