diff --git a/p5-xml-simple/.footprint b/p5-xml-simple/.footprint
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/p5-xml-simple/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/perl5/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.28/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.28/XML/
+-r--r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.28/XML/Simple.pm
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.28/XML/Simple/
+-r--r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.28/XML/Simple/FAQ.pod
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/
+-r--r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/XML::Simple.3pm.gz
+-r--r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man3/XML::Simple::FAQ.3pm.gz
diff --git a/p5-xml-simple/.signature b/p5-xml-simple/.signature
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index 000000000..2c73d8001
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+++ b/p5-xml-simple/.signature
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+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
+RWSagIOpLGJF36uWnqFuw04oDHE1zyr+a8b5UjlPxRNQh7DjlJ8L/cyP3rq2oJg7kQRxsjLTSEe2S0okD0QhVo7Uwb3ohRcO+Q0=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = a79206bfd6d106aab65d9dbc92911f60432de03b9c9e5820a68b24116dcae96d
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 6e50e7f9b566f9901d384c53a94e1316651a1ed80c0e733413c254e42b730743
+SHA256 (XML-Simple-2.25.tar.gz) = 531fddaebea2416743eb5c4fdfab028f502123d9a220405a4100e68fc480dbf8
diff --git a/p5-xml-simple/Pkgfile b/p5-xml-simple/Pkgfile
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+# Description: An API for simple XML files
+# URL: https://metacpan.org/release/XML-Simple
+# Maintainer: Matt Housh, jaeger at crux dot ninja
+
+name=p5-xml-simple
+version=2.25
+release=2
+source=(http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/G/GR/GRANTM/XML-Simple-$version.tar.gz)
+
+build() {
+	cd XML-Simple-$version
+
+	perl Makefile.PL
+	make OPTIMIZE="$CFLAGS"
+	make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+	find $PKG -type f \( \
+		-name '.packlist' -o \
+		-name '*.bs' -o \
+		-name 'autosplit.ix' -o \
+		-name 'perllocal.pod' \) -delete
+
+	find $PKG -depth -empty -delete
+}