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+# Template file for 'time'
+pkgname=time
+version=1.7
+distfiles="$GNU_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+build_style=custom-install
+short_desc="The GNU time program for measuring cpu resource usage"
+maintainer="Mike Rosset <mike.rosset@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://directory.fsf.org/project/time"
+license="GPL-2"
+checksum=e37ea79a253bf85a85ada2f7c632c14e481a5fd262a362f6f4fd58e68601496d
+long_desc="
+	The time command runs another program, then displays information about the
+	resources used by that program, collected by the system while the program
+	was running. You can select which information is reported and the format in
+	which it is shown, or have time save the information in a file instead of
+	display it on the screen."
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency build glibc-devel
+
+do_build()
+{
+	./configure --prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share/info
+	make ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install()
+{
+	make exec_prefix="${DESTDIR}/usr" infodir="${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info" install
+}