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+DESCRIPTION="bzip2" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.bzip.org/" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.bzip.org/1.0.5/bzip2-1.0.5.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd bzip2-1.0.5
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd bzip2-1.0.5
+	make install PREFIX=/boot/common
+}