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+DESCRIPTION="GNU GPL'd Pico clone with more functionality" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.nano-editor.org/" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.3.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND="ncurses"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="91918a484f54f94fedaebe00dc393a50"
+BUILD {
+	cd nano-2.2.3
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd nano-2.2.3
+	make install
+}