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+require 'formula'
+
+class Varnish <Formula
+  url 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/varnish/varnish/2.1.2/varnish-2.1.2.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://varnish.projects.linpro.no/'
+  md5 '8b0d80e47acf4946671c381af55518b9'
+
+  def skip_clean? path
+    # Do not strip varnish binaries: Otherwise, the magic string end pointer isn't found.
+    true
+  end
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}",
+                          "--localstatedir=#{var}"
+    system "make install"
+    (var+'varnish').mkpath
+  end
+end
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