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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Philip Prindeville, Redfish Solutions, LLC
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=perl-text-csv_xs
+PKG_VERSION:=1.33
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/H/HM/HMBRAND/
+PKG_SOURCE:=Text-CSV_XS-$(PKG_VERSION).tgz
+PKG_HASH:=cef1d3792b72c7944c0a2e2a141c67c2180ee0cb03418d7b44c3ae2ab35339a2
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-1.0+ Artistic-1.0-Perl
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Philip Prindeville <philipp@redfish-solutions.com>
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/perl/Text-CSV_XS-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include ../perl/perlmod.mk
+
+define Package/perl-text-csv_xs
+  SUBMENU:=Perl
+  SECTION:=lang
+  CATEGORY:=Languages
+  TITLE:=Text comma-separated values manipulation routines
+  URL:=http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-CSV_XS/
+  DEPENDS:=perl +perlbase-essential +perlbase-config +perlbase-io +perlbase-dynaloader
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+        $(call perlmod/Configure,,)
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+        $(call perlmod/Compile,,)
+endef
+
+define Package/perl-text-csv_xs/install
+        $(call perlmod/Install,$(1),Text Text/CSV_XS.pm auto/Text/CSV_XS)
+endef
+
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,perl-text-csv_xs))