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+description = "a fast and compact library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol"
+binaries = ["qrencode"]
+test = "qrencode --version"
+
+platform "darwin" {
+  source ="https://github.com/cashapp/hermit-build/releases/download/qrencode-${version}/qrencode-${version}-darwin-amd64.tar.xz"
+}
+
+platform "linux" {
+  source = "https://github.com/cashapp/hermit-build/releases/download/qrencode-${version}/qrencode-${version}-linux-amd64.tar.xz"
+}
+
+on "unpack" {
+  rename {
+    from = "${root}/qrencode-${version}"
+    to = "${root}/qrencode"
+  }
+  chmod {
+    file = "${root}/qrencode"
+    mode = 448
+  }
+}
+
+version "4.1.1" {}
+
+sha256sums = {
+  "https://github.com/cashapp/hermit-build/releases/download/qrencode-4.1.1/qrencode-4.1.1-darwin-amd64.tar.xz": "6e7b26658e0386f3252b7a0374bd326f2775ed36194583c1783a4512cb38fb1b",
+  "https://github.com/cashapp/hermit-build/releases/download/qrencode-4.1.1/qrencode-4.1.1-linux-amd64.tar.xz": "5adfa27330afc424faed4af8ef3f95792eb7812f2ac801b3f784bd0725f91315",
+}