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+# Template build file for 'perl-LWP-Protocol-socks'.
+pkgname=perl-LWP-Protocol-socks
+version=1.6
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}"
+build_style=perl-module
+hostmakedepends="perl>=5.18"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends}"
+depends="${makedepends} perl-IO-Socket-SSL perl-LWP-Protocol-https perl-IO-Socket-Socks perl-LWP"
+noarch="yes"
+short_desc="LWP::Protocol::socks - adds support for the socks protocol"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/LWP-Protocol-socks"
+license="Artistic, GPL-1"
+distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/LWP/${pkgname/perl-/}-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=49fbbf8c876bdcd89013d6353243040e2a3b344abfccd7d534ca32c6ba023c4b