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+DESCRIPTION="automake - Used to generate Makefile.in from Makefile.am"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/"
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.12.5.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="674f6d28f8723e0f478cb03de30f36f1"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd automake-1.12.5
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	COMMON_DATA=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datadir=$COMMON_DATA \
+		--docdir=$COMMON_DOCS/doc/automake \
+		--infodir=$COMMON_DOCS/info \
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd automake-1.12.5
+	make install
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd automake-1.12.5
+	make check
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."