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+require 'formula'
+
+class Liboil <Formula
+  homepage 'http://liboil.freedesktop.org/'
+  url 'http://liboil.freedesktop.org/download/liboil-0.3.17.tar.gz'
+  md5 '47dc734f82faeb2964d97771cfd2e701'
+
+  depends_on 'pkg-config'
+  depends_on 'glib'
+
+  def install
+    arch = Hardware.is_64_bit? ? 'x64_64' : 'i386'
+    inreplace "configure", "__HOST_CPU__", "#{arch}"
+    system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}", "--disable-dependency-tracking"
+    system "make"
+    system "make install"
+  end
+
+  def patches
+    {
+      :p0 => "http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/devel/liboil/files/patch-liboil_liboilcpu-x86.c.diff",
+      :p0 => "http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/devel/liboil/files/host_cpu.diff"
+    }
+  end
+end