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+require 'formula'
+
+class GnuTime <Formula
+  url 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/time/time-1.7.tar.gz'
+  homepage 'http://www.gnu.org/software/time/'
+  md5 'e38d2b8b34b1ca259cf7b053caac32b3'
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure",
+    "--prefix=#{prefix}",
+    "--program-prefix=g",
+    "--mandir=#{man}"
+    system "make install"
+  end
+end