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+# Template build file for 'perl-HTTP-Date'.
+pkgname=perl-HTTP-Date
+version=6.00
+wrksrc="HTTP-Date-$version"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/HTTP/HTTP-Date-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=perl_module
+short_desc="HTTP::Date - date conversion routines"
+maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
+homepage="http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/HTTP-Date-6.00/lib/HTTP/Date.pm"
+license="GPL-2"
+checksum=466f7328a1ff465e64c57d18ba2bf5a577fe137c126850e9680d7792a3b3d996
+long_desc="
+ This module provides functions that deal the date formats used by the HTTP
+ protocol (and then some more). Only the first two functions, time2str() and
+ str2time(), are exported by default."
+
+noarch=yes
+
+Add_dependency full perl