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+# Template file for 'carton'
+pkgname=carton
+version=1.0.22
+revision=1
+wrksrc="Carton-v${version}"
+noarch=yes
+build_style=perl-module
+hostmakedepends="perl cpanminus
+ perl-Class-Tiny perl-JSON perl-Module-CPANfile perl-Path-Tiny perl-Try-Tiny"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+depends="${makedepends}"
+short_desc="Perl module dependency manager"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+homepage="https://metacpan.org/pod/Carton"
+license="GPL-1, Artistic"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/MIYAGAWA/Carton-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3a869b736962d0cba43b86a7a97d87565b57f87c5ae5721c5f5aa18cdae6e8ab