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+# Template build file for 'mpfr'
+pkgname=mpfr
+version=2.3.2
+distfiles="http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/$pkgname-$version@.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="Library for multiple-precision floating-point computations"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=18e078c996e182b7ceab32f2ab840e6a151b593e0cd5b83cb9d2960f212fba4c
+long_desc="
+ The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point
+ computations with correct rounding. MPFR has continuously been supported
+ by the INRIA and the current main authors come from the CACAO and Arénaire
+ project-teams at Loria (Nancy, France) and LIP (Lyon, France) respectively;
+ see more on the credit page. MPFR is based on the GMP multiple-precision
+ library."
+
+build_depends="libtool-2.2.6a gmp-4.2.4"