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+SUMMARY="English dictionary for aspell program/library"
+DESCRIPTION="English (US, British, Canadian) language dictionary for the GNU \
+Aspell program, an open source spell checker."
+HOMEPAGE="http://aspell.net/"
+COPYRIGHT="2000-2017 Kevin Atkinson"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/aspell/dict/en/aspell6-en-${portVersion/\~/-}.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="f11071e74b0c0753f4afabf024941a5c3a96bafe3879211ebd47bc34e76fbd2f"
+SOURCE_DIR="aspell6-en-${portVersion/\~/-}"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="any"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	aspell_en = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	aspell >= 0.60
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	devel:libaspell
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	cmd:basename
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:prezip_bin
+	cmd:which
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	./configure
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	spellDir=$dataDir/$(basename $(aspell dump config dict-dir))
+	make dictdir=$spellDir datadir=$spellDir install
+}