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+SUMMARY="A grep-like text finder"
+DESCRIPTION="ack is designed as an alternative to grep for programmers."
+HOMEPAGE="https://beyondgrep.com/"
+COPYRIGHT="2005-2017 Andy Lester "
+LICENSE="Artistic"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/ack-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="02c441dbbc86bf69c792ae92dc92419a0448c31f69d9703dd1530425c36e0f6c"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_gcc2 x86_64"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	ack = $portVersion
+	cmd:ack
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	file_next
+	vendor_perl
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	file_next
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=$prefix
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
+}