diff --git a/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/Makefile b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/Makefile
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index 00000000000..31026f35d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/Makefile
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+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2009/11/04 13:19:44 jasper Exp $
+
+COMMENT=		outine for estimating syllable count in words
+
+DISTNAME=		Lingua-EN-Syllable-0.251
+
+CATEGORIES=		textproc
+
+MODULES=		cpan
+
+# perl
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM=	Yes
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP=	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM=	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP=	Yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/distinfo b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/distinfo
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+++ b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/distinfo
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+MD5 (Lingua-EN-Syllable-0.251.tar.gz) = 9EoFbpLB2d+J4ZBZGHnYTw==
+RMD160 (Lingua-EN-Syllable-0.251.tar.gz) = yz5ixco4QWtq3lLo1qYHaElSAAY=
+SHA1 (Lingua-EN-Syllable-0.251.tar.gz) = nUeiDp44nom1Vc4eo9A64H7O6ww=
+SHA256 (Lingua-EN-Syllable-0.251.tar.gz) = h02c5Srhskfo5WEnloaoas6634g6Z2WJqgCEr5ORtgk=
+SIZE (Lingua-EN-Syllable-0.251.tar.gz) = 3293
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/pkg/DESCR b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/pkg/DESCR
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+++ b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/pkg/DESCR
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+Lingua::EN::Syllable::syllable() estimates the number of syllables in
+the word passed to it.
diff --git a/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/pkg/PLIST b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/pkg/PLIST
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index 00000000000..7f48f8b81d2
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+++ b/textproc/p5-Lingua-EN-Syllable/pkg/PLIST
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+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2009/11/04 13:19:44 jasper Exp $
+${P5SITE}/Lingua/
+${P5SITE}/Lingua/EN/
+${P5SITE}/Lingua/EN/Syllable.pm
+@man man/man3p/Lingua::EN::Syllable.3p