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+# Template file for 'aribas'
+pkgname=aribas
+version=1.64
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}/src"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+short_desc="Multiprecision Arithmetic Interpreter"
+maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de/~forster/sw/aribas.html"
+distfiles="ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/forster/aribas/UNIX_LINUX/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=11b2a934774088e2c66a9d9397806dbb8d33f0da48d6c800a492c2a43c258169
+
+post_configure() {
+	sed -i /strip/d Makefile
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin aribas
+	vdoc aribas.hlp
+	vman ../doc/aribas.1
+	vdoc ../doc/aribas.doc
+	vdoc ../doc/aribas.tut
+	vinstall EL/aribas.el 0644 usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
+	for f in ../examples/*; do
+		vsconf $f
+	done
+}