diff --git a/srcpkgs/perltidy/template b/srcpkgs/perltidy/template
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+# Template file for 'perltidy'
+pkgname=perltidy
+version=20191203
+revision=1
+archs=noarch
+wrksrc="Perl-Tidy-${version}"
+build_style=perl-module
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+depends="${makedepends}"
+short_desc="Perl script indenter and reformatter"
+maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://metacpan.org/release/Perl-Tidy"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/Perl/Perl-Tidy-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=3afe84d410e9fc4b74a5a1481e638b0b64aebc79f149a1448849ebad69234970
diff --git a/srcpkgs/perltidy/update b/srcpkgs/perltidy/update
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+pattern="Perl-Tidy-\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar\.gz)"