diff --git a/app-arch/sharutils/sharutils-4.6.3.sh b/app-arch/sharutils/sharutils-4.6.3.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+PACKAGE="app-arch/sharutils"
+VERSION="4.6.3"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/"
+URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/REL-4.6.3/"
+FILE="sharutils-4.6.3.tar.bz2"
+PATCH_URL="http://ports.haiku-files.org/export/282/haikuports/trunk/app-arch/sharutils/"
+PATCH_FILE="sharutils-4.6.3-downstream.patch"
+
+PREFIX=/boot/common
+HAIKUPORTS="http://ports.haiku-files.org/wiki"
+CWD=`pwd`
+
+if [ ! -d ${PACKAGE}/${VERSION} ] ; then
+	mkdir -p ${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}
+fi
+if [ ! -e ${FILE} ] ; then
+	wget ${URL}${FILE}
+fi
+cd ${PACKAGE}/${VERSION}
+tar -jxvf ${CWD}/${FILE}
+cd sharutils-4.6.3
+wget ${PATCH_URL}${PATCH_FILE}
+patch -p1 -i ${PATCH_FILE}
+libtoolize --force --install
+configure --prefix=${PREFIX}
+aclocal --force -I m4
+automake --force-missing --gnits
+autoconf --force
+make && make install DEST_HOME=${PREFIX} && echo "  Installation complete." || echo "  Installation FAILED !"
+
+echo "  For more information, see ${HAIKUPORTS}/${PACKAGE}"
+echo