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+DESCRIPTION="pigz" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.zlib.net/pigz" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.zlib.net/pigz/pigz-2.1.6.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="cbe9030c4be3d0ef2438ee5f8b169ca4"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd pigz-2.1.6
+	sed -i 's/-lpthread/ /g' Makefile
+	sed -i 's/ln -f pigz unpigz/cp pigz unpigz/' Makefile
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd pigz-2.1.6
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	cp pigz ${DESTDIR}`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`/pigz
+	cp unpigz ${DESTDIR}`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`/unpigz
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd pigz-2.1.6
+	make test
+}
+
+LICENSE="Zlib"
+COPYRIGHT="2008 Mark Adler"