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+---
+document: modulemd
+version: 2
+data:
+  name: squid
+  stream: "4"
+  summary: Squid - Optimising Web Delivery
+  description: >-
+    an initial version of the squid caching proxy module
+  license:
+    module:
+    - MIT
+  dependencies:
+  - buildrequires:
+      platform: [el8.5.0]
+    requires:
+      platform: [el8]
+  references:
+    documentation: http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/
+    tracker: https://bugs.squid-cache.org/index.cgi
+  profiles:
+    common:
+      rpms:
+      - squid
+  api:
+    rpms:
+    - squid
+  components:
+    rpms:
+      libecap:
+        rationale: library needed by Squid
+        ref: 19a04bbef9ba2d9501d4660a63ff8c219270f5b7
+        buildorder: 1
+      squid:
+        rationale: squid caching proxy
+        ref: ceb1368ecbd874fb180a1fcc25b1c2cc6acba437
+        buildorder: 2
+...