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+requires   "XSLoader";
+
+recommends "Encode"                   => "3.21";
+
+suggests   "Clone"                    => "0.34";
+suggests   "DB_File"                  => "0";
+suggests   "MLDBM"                    => "0";
+suggests   "Net::Daemon"              => "0";
+suggests   "RPC::PlServer"            => "0.2001";
+suggests   "SQL::Statement"           => "1.402";
+
+conflicts  "DBD::Amazon"              => "0.10";
+conflicts  "DBD::AnyData"             => "0.110";
+conflicts  "DBD::CSV"                 => "0.36";
+conflicts  "DBD::Google"              => "0.51";
+conflicts  "DBD::PO"                  => "2.10";
+conflicts  "DBD::RAM"                 => "0.072";
+conflicts  "SQL::Statement"           => "1.33";
+
+on "configure" => sub {
+    requires   "ExtUtils::MakeMaker"  => "6.48";
+
+    recommends "ExtUtils::MakeMaker"  => "7.70";
+    };
+
+on "build" => sub {
+    requires   "Config";
+    requires   "ExtUtils::MakeMaker"  => "6.48";
+
+    recommends "ExtUtils::MakeMaker"  => "7.70";
+    };
+
+on "test" => sub {
+    requires   "Test::More";
+    };