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+DESCRIPTION="A program to extract Microsoft Cabinet Files." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.cabextract.org.uk" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.cabextract.org.uk/cabextract-1.2.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1.2"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd cabextract-1.2
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd cabextract-1.2
+	make install
+}