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+# Template file for 'html-xml-utils'
+pkgname=html-xml-utils
+version=6.9
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="A number of simple utilities for manipulating HTML and XML files"
+maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
+license="custom"
+homepage="https://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils/README"
+distfiles="https://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9cf401dc84ca01752adf1f2d9862c4f227bb089504ed9d03d7fd40603e87fab2
+
+post_install() {
+	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/html-xml-utils/COPYING
+	vlicense COPYING
+}