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+Source: autogenpb
+Build-Depends: golang
+Package: autogenpb
+Maintainer: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
+Packager: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: protobuf-compiler, protoc-gen-go | protoc-gen-go-wit
+URL: https://go.wit.com/
+Conflicts:
+Description: autogen protobuf marshal and sort files
+  this is needed for go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/ GO packages