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+package = "compat53"
+version = "0.12-1"
+source = {
+   url = "https://github.com/lunarmodules/lua-compat-5.3/archive/v0.12.zip",
+   dir = "lua-compat-5.3-0.12",
+}
+description = {
+   summary = "Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua 5.2 and 5.1",
+   detailed = [[
+      This is a small module that aims to make it easier to write Lua
+      code in a Lua-5.3-style that runs on Lua 5.1+.
+      It does *not* make Lua 5.2 (or even 5.1) entirely compatible
+      with Lua 5.3, but it brings the API closer to that of Lua 5.3.
+   ]],
+   homepage = "https://github.com/lunarmodules/lua-compat-5.3",
+   license = "MIT"
+}
+dependencies = {
+   "lua >= 5.1, < 5.5",
+   --"struct" -- make Roberto's struct module optional
+}
+build = {
+   type = "builtin",
+   modules = {
+      ["compat53.init"] = "compat53/init.lua",
+      ["compat53.module"] = "compat53/module.lua",
+      ["compat53.utf8"] = "lutf8lib.c",
+      ["compat53.table"] = "ltablib.c",
+      ["compat53.string"] = "lstrlib.c",
+      ["compat53.io"] = "liolib.c",
+   }
+}
+