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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2019 Nicolò Balzarotti <nicolo@nixo.xyz>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages julia-xyz)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system julia)
+  #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix packages))
+
+(define-public julia-inifile
+  (package
+    (name "julia-inifile")
+    (version "0.5.0")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+             (url "https://github.com/JuliaIO/IniFile.jl")
+             (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+       (file-name "IniFile")
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "19cn41w04hikrqdzlxhrgf21rfqhkvj9x1zvwh3yz9hqbf350xs9"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'precompile 'fix-toml
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs source #:allow-other-keys)
+             (julia-create-package-toml
+              outputs source
+              "IniFile" "83e8ac13-25f8-5344-8a64-a9f2b223428f" "0.5.0"
+              '())
+             #t)))))
+    (build-system julia-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/JuliaIO/IniFile.jl")
+    (synopsis "Reading Windows-style INI files")
+    (description "@code{julia-inifile} is a julia package that defines an
+Inifile type that allows to interface with @file{.ini} files.")
+    (license license:expat)))