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+require 'formula'
+
+class AvroC <Formula
+  url 'http://mirror.atlanticmetro.net/apache/avro/avro-1.4.0/c/avro-c-1.4.0.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://avro.apache.org/'
+  md5 'fdcd3916cbfc459a6938141028cf35e6'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-debug", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make install"
+  end
+end