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+# Template file for 'perl-JSON'
+pkgname=perl-JSON
+version=2.90
+revision=1
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/JSON/JSON-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum="4ddbb3cb985a79f69a34e7c26cde1c81120d03487e87366f9a119f90f7bdfe88"
+build_style="perl-module"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+depends="perl"
+maintainer="Steven R <dev@styez.com>"
+homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/JSON/"
+license="GPL-2"
+short_desc="JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) encoder/decoder"
+
+noarch="yes"
+wrksrc="JSON-${version}"