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+# Template file for 'R-cran-utf8'
+pkgname=R-cran-utf8
+version=1.1.3
+revision=1
+build_style=R-cran
+short_desc="Unicode Text Processing"
+maintainer="Florian Wagner <florian@wagner-flo.net>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://github.com/patperry/r-utf8/"
+checksum=43b394c3274ba0f66719d28dc4a7babeb87187e766de8d8ca716e0548091440f
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}