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+pkgname=perl
+pkgver=5.40.0
+_basever="${pkgver%.*}"
+pkgdesc="A highly capable, feature-rich programming language"
+license=('GPL' 'PerlArtistic')
+homepage="https://www.perl.org"
+sources=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
+urls=("https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/${sources[0]}")
+md5sums=("cfe14ef0709b9687f9c514042e8e1e82")
+
+src_prepare() {
+  tar -xf ${DIST_DIR}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}/${sources[0]} --strip-components=1
+}
+
+src_build() {
+  export BUILD_ZLIB=False
+  export BUILD_BZIP2=0
+  sh Configure -des                                          \
+               -D prefix=/usr                                \
+               -D vendorprefix=/usr                          \
+               -D privlib=/usr/lib/perl5/${_basever}/core_perl      \
+               -D archlib=/usr/lib/perl5/${_basever}/core_perl      \
+               -D sitelib=/usr/lib/perl5/${_basever}/site_perl      \
+               -D sitearch=/usr/lib/perl5/${_basever}/site_perl     \
+               -D vendorlib=/usr/lib/perl5/${_basever}/vendor_perl  \
+               -D vendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5/${_basever}/vendor_perl \
+               -D man1dir=/usr/share/man/man1                \
+               -D man3dir=/usr/share/man/man3                \
+               -D pager="/usr/bin/less -isR"                 \
+               -D useshrplib                                 \
+               -D usethreads
+  make
+}
+
+src_check() {
+  TEST_JOBS=$(nproc) make test_harness
+}
+
+src_install() {
+  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
+}
+