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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2023 Luis Guzman <ark@switnet.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian bookworm main'
+REPOKEY=0E98404D386FA1D9
+BACKPORT=true
+
+. ./config
+
+
+changelog "Backported from debian bookworm as dependency of opendht 3.0."
+
+compile