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+DESCRIPTION="Freetype - A Free, High-Quality, and Portable Font Engine" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.freetype.org" 
+SRC_URI="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.4.9.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="77a893dae81fd5b896632715ca041179"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd freetype-2.4.9
+	sh ./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--includedir=/boot/develop/headers/3rdparty \
+		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd freetype-2.4.9
+	make install
+}
+LICENSE="FreeType"
+COPYRIGHT="1996-2012 David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, Werner Lemberg, et al."