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+# $FreeBSD$
+Project:	Ncurses (new curses) library
+ProjectURL:	http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
+Version:	5.6-20080209 snapshot
+VendorTag:	NCURSES
+VersionTag:	v5_6_20080209
+License:	MIT-like
+Maintainer:	peter, rafan