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+DESCRIPTION="GDAL - Geospatial Data Abstraction Library" 
+HOMEPAGE="www.gdal.org" 
+SRC_URI="http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/gdal-1.7.2.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="05351f8cb61761ae579667e24a297fe6"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+MESSAGE="This port only builds with gcc4. Use 'setgcc gcc4' before building."
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd gdal-1.7.2
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd gdal-1.7.2
+	make install
+}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+COPYRIGHT="1996 Hughes and Applied Research Corporation"
+COPYRIGHT="1997-2003 Utrecht University"
+COPYRIGHT="2002 Industrial Light & Magic"
+COPYRIGHT="2009 David F. Rogers"