diff --git a/app-text/aspell/aspell-0.60.6.bep b/app-text/aspell/aspell-0.60.6.bep
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+DESCRIPTION="aspell - a free and open source spell checker" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://aspell.net" 
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-0.60.6.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="broken"
+DEPEND=""
+CHECKSUM_MD5="bc80f0198773d5c05086522be67334eb"
+BUILD {
+	cd aspell-0.60.6
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal -I m4
+	autoconf
+	automake
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd aspell-0.60.6
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/app-text/aspell/aspell.OptionalPackageDescription b/app-text/aspell/aspell.OptionalPackageDescription
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+Package:	aspell
+Version:		0.60.6
+Copyright:	2000-2008
+License:		GNU GPL
+URL:			http://aspell.net