diff --git a/sys-apps/grep/grep-2.5.4.bep b/sys-apps/grep/grep-2.5.4.bep
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+DESCRIPTION="GNU regular expression matcher" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-2.5.4.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="5650ee2ae6ea4b39e9459d7d0585b315"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd grep-2.5.4
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd grep-2.5.4
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/sys-apps/grep/grep.OptionalPackageDescription b/sys-apps/grep/grep.OptionalPackageDescription
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+Package:	grep
+Version:	2.5.4
+Copyright:	1992-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License:	GNU GPL v3
+URL:		http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/