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+SUMMARY="Isolated String helpers from B"
+DESCRIPTION="XString provides the B string helpers in one isolated package. Right now only \
+cstring and perlstring are available."
+HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/pod/XString"
+COPYRIGHT="2018 by cPanel, Inc."
+LICENSE="Artistic"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/A/AT/ATOOMIC/XString-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="f247f55c19aee6ba4a1ae73c0804259452e02ea85a9be07f8acf700a5138f884"
+SOURCE_DIR="XString-$portVersion"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	xstring$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
+	PROVIDES+="
+		xstring = $portVersion
+		"
+fi
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	vendor_perl
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$prefix
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make pure_install
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make test
+}