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+SUMMARY="XML::LibXML clone of XML::Simple::XMLin()"
+DESCRIPTION="This module is a blunt rewrite of XML::Simple (by Grant McLean) to use the \
+XML::LibXML parser for XML structures, where the original uses plain Perl or SAX parsers."
+HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::LibXML::Simple"
+COPYRIGHT="2008-2020 by Mark Overmeer"
+LICENSE="Artistic"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/MA/MARKOV/XML-LibXML-Simple-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="cd98c8104b70d7672bfa26b4513b78adf2b4b9220e586aa8beb1a508500365a6"
+SOURCE_DIR="XML-LibXML-Simple-$portVersion"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="any"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	xml_libxml_simple = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	vendor_perl
+	xml_libxml
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	"
+
+TEST_REQUIRES="
+	xml_libxml
+"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$prefix
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make pure_install
+
+	# remove architecture-specific files
+	cd $prefix
+	rm -r $(perl -V:vendorarch | cut -d\' -f2 | cut -d/ -f5-)
+		# cut extracts the quoted string and strips the prefix (which is perl's and not ours)
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make test
+}