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+# Template file for 'perl-Variable-Magic'
+pkgname=perl-Variable-Magic
+version=0.59
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
+build_style=perl-module
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+depends="${makedepends}"
+short_desc="Associate user-defined magic to variables from Perl"
+maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"
+homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Variable-Magic/"
+license="Artistic"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Variable/${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e01eb9fd803d8c9baf93f3dbb5cabf750e4bb74eccc8a1f9035e46246a688066