diff --git a/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4.bep b/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4.bep
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+++ b/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4.bep
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+DESCRIPTION="axel - Light Unix download accelerator" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://axel.alioth.debian.org/" 
+SRC_URI="http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3015/axel-2.4.tar.gz"
+#CHECKSUM_MD5="a2a762fce0c96781965c8f9786a3d09d"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd axel-2.4
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common --i18n=0
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+
+}
diff --git a/net-misc/axel/axel.OptionalPackageDescription b/net-misc/axel/axel.OptionalPackageDescription
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+Package:	axel
+Version:	2.4
+Copyright:	2001 Wilmer van der Gaast.
+License:	GNU GPL v2
+URL:		http://axel.alioth.debian.org/
diff --git a/net-misc/axel/axel-2.4-haiku.diff b/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patch
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rename from net-misc/axel/axel-2.4-haiku.diff
rename to net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.4.patch