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+# $Id$
+# Maintainer: David Mott <mott.david.j@gmail.com>
+
+pkgname=parallel
+pkgver=20170322
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc='A shell tool for executing jobs in parallel'
+arch=('any')
+url='http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/'
+license=('GPL3')
+depends=('perl' 'procps')
+source=(https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2)
+sha1sums=('171395fc77b9f83cb06ba847cae7f7a8ecba4a19')
+
+build() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" install
+}