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+SUMMARY="Saves and restores files to/from a tape or disk archive."
+DESCRIPTION="
+The Tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as \
+various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on \
+previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to \
+update or list files which were already stored.
+Initially, tar archives were used to store files conveniently on magnetic \
+tape. The name "Tar" comes from this use; it stands for tape archiver. Despite \
+the utility's name, Tar can direct its output to available devices, files, or \
+other programs (using pipes), it can even access remote devices or files (as \
+archives).
+"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/"
+COPYRIGHT="1990-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.27.1.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SIZE="2573070"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="490e074dd7e71f553df8357a7ef9bdcf"
+CHECKSUM_RMD160="a99ccfd874ac72c1e0feec2d86423c3e5bcd19fb"
+CHECKSUM_SHA512="f14a0a58e574db3aeec0914621aff2f0518b8d8acce81106b8219b36b3fed47349d6cb802c51a836a5e6889529337434d83b3c50cd7fc1801b9b3944eecc695b"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+
+PATCHES="tar-1.26.patch"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	tar = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	cmd:tar = $portVersion compat >= 1
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	"
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:autoreconf
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:ld
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:sed
+	"
+
+defineDebugInfoPackage tar \
+	$binDir/tar
+
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	runConfigure ./configure \
+		--disable-nls \
+		LDFLAGS="-lnetwork" \
+		FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+
+	rm $libDir/charset.alias
+}