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+# Template file for 'sharutils'
+pkgname=sharutils
+version=4.14
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+short_desc="Makes so-called shell archives out of many files"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils"
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=90f5107c167cfd1b299bb211828d2586471087863dbed698f53109cd5f717208