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+DESCRIPTION="giflib - A library for processing GIFs" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/" 
+SRC_URI="http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/files/giflib%204.x/giflib-4.1.6/giflib-4.1.6.tar.bz2/download"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="7125644155ae6ad33dbc9fc15a14735f"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+
+BUILD {
+	cd giflib-4.1.6
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd giflib-4.1.6
+	make install
+}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+COPYRIGHT="1997-2007 Eric S. Raymond and Toshio Kuratomi"