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+DESCRIPTION="Simple Direct Media Layer" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.libsdl.org/" 
+SRC_URI="hg+http://hg.libsdl.org/SDL"
+#CHECKSUM_MD5="e52086d1b508fa0b76c52ee30b55bec4"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="broken"
+MESSAGE="bwindow support does not yet exist for libsdl-1.3, patches welcome"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd libsdl-1.3-hg
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd libsdl-1.3-hg
+	make install
+}