diff --git a/devel/p5-Data-VString/Makefile b/devel/p5-Data-VString/Makefile
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+++ b/devel/p5-Data-VString/Makefile
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+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2007/10/25 21:58:38 sthen Exp $
+COMMENT=	handle v-strings (often used as version strings)
+
+MODULES=	cpan
+DISTNAME=	Data-VString-0.000004
+CATEGORIES=	devel
+
+# perl
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM=	Yes
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP=	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM=	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP=	Yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/p5-Data-VString/distinfo b/devel/p5-Data-VString/distinfo
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+++ b/devel/p5-Data-VString/distinfo
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+MD5 (Data-VString-0.000004.tar.gz) = +M4oT2t9sPFTq6cIOUPQzw==
+RMD160 (Data-VString-0.000004.tar.gz) = P0Nr2L2nhyHNqnzdRQvoPpH964w=
+SHA1 (Data-VString-0.000004.tar.gz) = vjx7es5GFUaHHglPC8a3Qy7KEo4=
+SHA256 (Data-VString-0.000004.tar.gz) = UmxFbxU7CdaXHc4KIZBNg8KkgHwEcHoTqzkb823po+I=
+SIZE (Data-VString-0.000004.tar.gz) = 6354
diff --git a/devel/p5-Data-VString/pkg/DESCR b/devel/p5-Data-VString/pkg/DESCR
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+++ b/devel/p5-Data-VString/pkg/DESCR
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+Version Strings (v-strings) in base Perl have been deprecated and
+will not be available after Perl 5.8.
+
+This module revives them as a simple module implementation.
+Version strings are well suited in many version "numbering" schemes
+and straightforward (if you always remember they are not numbers).
diff --git a/devel/p5-Data-VString/pkg/PLIST b/devel/p5-Data-VString/pkg/PLIST
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index 00000000000..b51601d8f2a
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+++ b/devel/p5-Data-VString/pkg/PLIST
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+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2007/10/25 21:58:38 sthen Exp $
+${P5SITE}/Data/
+${P5SITE}/Data/VString.pm
+@man man/man3p/Data::VString.3p