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+require tar.inc
+
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552"
+
+PR = "r3"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://m4extensions.patch \
+    file://gcc43build.patch \
+    file://avoid_heap_overflow.patch \
+    "
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c6c4f1c075dbf0f75c29737faa58f290"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "19f9021dda51a16295e4706e80870e71f87107675e51c176a491eba0fc4ca492"