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+require 'formula'
+
+class Debianutils < Formula
+  homepage 'http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/clint/debianutils.git'
+  url 'http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debianutils/debianutils_4.3.2.tar.gz'
+  sha1 '704a33c90d4f74fa03e4e649737f89fcad53bee8'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make"
+
+    # some commands are Debian Linux specific and we don't want them, so install specific tools
+    bin.install 'run-parts', 'ischroot', 'tempfile'
+    man1.install 'ischroot.1', 'tempfile.1'
+    man8.install 'run-parts.8'
+  end
+end