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Device-SerialPort - 1.40.0-r4
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dev-perl/Device-SerialPort-1.40.0-r4

Description

Serial port Perl Module

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2025-07-17

Digest-BubbleBabble - 0.20.0-r3
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Digest-GOST - 0.60.0-r3
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Digest-MD2 - 2.40.0-r2
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Digest-MD4 - 1.900.0-r3
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Digest-MD5-File - 0.80.0-r3
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Digest-Nilsimsa - 0.60.0-r5
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Digest-Perl-MD5 - 1.900.0-r2
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Dist-Milla - 1.0.20-r1
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kokkos - 4.3.1-r1
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mesa - 25.2.0_rc1
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OpenGL-like graphic library for Linux

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mesa_clc - 25.2.0_rc1
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mesa_clc tool used for building OpenCL C to SPIR-V

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pos-tip - 0.4.7
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Show tooltip at point

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Pop up a frame at point

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strongswan - 6.0.2
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trilinos - 14.4.0-r1
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Scientific library collection for large scale problems

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trilinos - 15.1.1-r1
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Scientific library collection for large scale problems

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trilinos - 16.1.0-r2
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Scientific library collection for large scale problems

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trilinos - 16.1.0-r3
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Scientific library collection for large scale problems

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List-AllUtils - 0.190.0-r1
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dev-perl/List-AllUtils-0.190.0-r1

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awscli - 1.41.5
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boto3 - 1.39.5
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chrome-binary-plugins - 138.0.7204.157
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chrome-binary-plugins - 139.0.7258.31_beta
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chromedriver-bin - 138.0.7204.157
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2025-07-16

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2025-07-16

ruby - 3.4.5
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An object-oriented scripting language

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usbguard - 1.1.4
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Daemon protecting your computer against BadUSB

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2025-07-16

wordpress - 6.8.2
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www-apps/wordpress-6.8.2

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Wordpress PHP and MySQL based content management system (CMS)

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