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+DESCRIPTION="Fontconfig is a library for font customization and configuration." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://fontconfig.org" 
+SRC_URI="http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.8.0.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd fontconfig-2.8.0
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	automake
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common --enable-libxml2
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd fontconfig-2.8.0
+	make install
+}