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+DESCRIPTION="libpng" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.libpng.org" 
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.40.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd libpng-1.2.40
+	libtoolize --force --copy
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd libpng-1.2.40
+	make install
+}