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+DESCRIPTION="ncurses" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.8.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="20ed3fa7599937f0ca268d9088837a64"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd ncurses-5.8
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datadir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`/ \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man \
+		--with-libtool
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd ncurses-5.8
+	./misc/shlib make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
+}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+COPYRIGHT="1998-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."