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+See http://xbps.nopcode.org/ for information.
+
+To build this you'll need:
+
+- openssl (development package)
+- libarchive (development package, all features built in)
+- proplib (development package),
+  available at http://code.google.com/p/portableproplib
+
+By default it will be installed into /usr/local, can be changed
+by setting PREFIX and DESTDIR vars as make(1) arguments.
+
+Good luck!