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+# Template file for 'pigz'
+pkgname=pigz
+version=2.3
+revision=1
+makedepends="zlib-devel"
+short_desc="A parallel implementation of gzip"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://zlib.net/pigz/"
+license="GPL-2"
+distfiles="http://zlib.net/pigz/pigz-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=74bbd5962f9420549fc987ddd1ccda692ec2b29d2d612fbbe26edf3fa348ff21
+
+do_build() {
+	sed -e 's|-lz|& -lm|' -i Makefile
+	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" ${makejobs}
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vinstall pigz 755 usr/bin
+	vinstall pigz.1 644 usr/share/man/man1
+}
+
+pigz_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr
+	}
+}