~/src/pmince/hpkg> ls -la
total 22
drwxr-xr-x 1 user root 2048 Sep 29 16:58 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 user root 2048 Sep 29 16:58 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 user root  266 Sep 29 16:58 .PackageInfo
drwxr-xr-x 1 user root 2048 Sep 29 16:58 bin

~/src/pmince/hpkg> cat .PackageInfo
name "mince"
version 0.13-1664470692
architecture "x86_64"
summary "Portable MINCE"
description "MINCE Is Not Completely EMACS"
packager ""
vendor "https://github.com/johnsonjh/pmince"
copyrights "Various Authors"
licenses "ISC"
provides { mince = 0.13-1664470692 }

~/src/pmince/hpkg> package create -v -b mince.hpkg
Failed to read .PackageInfo: Initialization failed

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