diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/Makefile b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/Makefile
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+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/Makefile
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+# OpenBSD makefile for:	p5-Compress-Zlib
+# Version required:			0.50
+# Date created:				24 November 1887
+# Whom:	      				angelos
+#
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 1997/11/24 21:09:15 angelos Exp $
+#
+
+DISTNAME=	Compress-Zlib-0.50
+PKGNAME=	p5-Compress-Zlib-0.50
+CATEGORIES=	archivers perl5
+MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN}
+MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	Compress
+
+MAINTAINER=	angelos@openbsd.org
+
+USE_PERL5=	YES
+
+MAN3=		Compress::Zlib.3
+MANPREFIX=	${PREFIX}/lib/perl5
+
+do-configure:
+		@ cd ${WRKSRC}; ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/files/md5 b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/files/md5
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+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/files/md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MD5 (Compress-Zlib-0.50.tar.gz) = d52b2eaa816d2df8d6034e85e5a4b44d
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-aa b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-aa
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index 00000000000..c8f00ec2558
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+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-aa
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+*** examples/filtdef.orig	Mon Nov 24 15:57:45 1997
+--- examples/filtdef	Mon Nov 24 15:58:30 1997
+***************
+*** 1,4 ****
+! #!/usr/local/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
+--- 1,4 ----
+! #!/usr/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ab b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ab
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index 00000000000..9a0a56057c0
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+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ab
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*** examples/filtinf.orig	Mon Nov 24 15:57:52 1997
+--- examples/filtinf	Mon Nov 24 15:58:35 1997
+***************
+*** 1,4 ****
+! #!/usr/local/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
+--- 1,4 ----
+! #!/usr/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ac b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ac
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index 00000000000..adcaad84dd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ac
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*** examples/gzcat.orig	Mon Nov 24 15:57:58 1997
+--- examples/gzcat	Mon Nov 24 15:58:39 1997
+***************
+*** 1,4 ****
+! #!/usr/local/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
+--- 1,4 ----
+! #!/usr/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ad b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ad
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index 00000000000..3a660d875cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ad
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*** examples/gzgrep.orig	Mon Nov 24 15:58:04 1997
+--- examples/gzgrep	Mon Nov 24 15:58:42 1997
+***************
+*** 1,4 ****
+! #!/usr/local/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
+--- 1,4 ----
+! #!/usr/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ae b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ae
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index 00000000000..a1b25e07a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/patches/patch-ae
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*** examples/gzstream.orig	Mon Nov 24 15:58:08 1997
+--- examples/gzstream	Mon Nov 24 15:58:49 1997
+***************
+*** 1,4 ****
+! #!/usr/local/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
+--- 1,4 ----
+! #!/usr/bin/perl
+  
+  use Compress::Zlib ;
+  
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/COMMENT b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/COMMENT
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+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/COMMENT
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+perl5 interface to zlib compression library.
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/DESCR b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/DESCR
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+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/DESCR
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+       The Compress::Zlib module provides a Perl interface to the
+       zlib compression library (see the AUTHORS entry elsewhere
+       in this documentfor details about where to get zlib). Most
+       of the functionality provided by zlib is available in
+       Compress::Zlib.
+
+       The module can be split into two general areas of
+       functionality, namely in-memory compression/decompression
+       and read/write access to gzip files. Each of these areas
+       will be discussed separately below.
+
+       WARNING: The interface defined in this document is alpha
+       and is liable to change.
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/PLIST b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/PLIST
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+++ b/archivers/p5-Compress-Zlib/pkg/PLIST
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+lib/perl5/man/man3/Compress::Zlib.3
+lib/perl5/site_perl/Compress/Zlib.pm
+lib/perl5/site_perl/auto/Compress/Zlib/autosplit.ix
+lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-freebsd/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.bs
+lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-freebsd/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.so
+lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-freebsd/auto/Compress/Zlib/.packlist
+@dirrm lib/perl5/site_perl/i386-freebsd/auto/Compress/Zlib