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+# Template build file for 'perl-Linux-DesktopFiles'.
+pkgname=perl-Linux-DesktopFiles
+version=0.08
+revision=1
+build_style=perl-ModuleBuild
+noarch=yes
+hostmakedepends="perl>=5.20"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+depends="${makedepends}"
+short_desc="Perl Linux::DesktopFiles - Get and parse the Linux desktop files"
+maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carlo(dot)dormeletti(at)alice(dot)it>"
+homepage="https://metacpan.org/pod/Linux::DesktopFiles"
+license="Artistic, GPL-1"
+distfiles="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/T/TR/TRIZEN/Linux-DesktopFiles-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=12fe3a41bb66087629e4cc1f65e7ee3a65591d1ce51039f937d0704eeae2c09a
+wrksrc="Linux-DesktopFiles-${version}"
+
+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et: