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+require 'formula'
+
+class Freeciv < Formula
+  homepage 'http://freeciv.wikia.com'
+  url 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freeciv/Freeciv%202.3/2.3.1/freeciv-2.3.1.tar.bz2'
+  md5 'efce9b2cd8b7a36017f1ebce59236dcb'
+  head 'svn://svn.gna.org/svn/freeciv/trunk', :using => :svn
+
+  def options
+     [['--disable-nls', 'Disable NLS support.']]
+  end
+
+  depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build
+  depends_on "gtk+"
+  depends_on "gettext" unless ARGV.include? "--disable-nls"
+
+  def install
+    args = ["--disable-debug", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+            "--prefix=#{prefix}"]
+
+    unless ARGV.include? '--disable-nls'
+      gettext = Formula.factory('gettext')
+      args << "CFLAGS=-I#{gettext.include}"
+      args << "LDFLAGS=-L#{gettext.lib}"
+    end
+
+    system "./configure", *args
+    system "make install"
+  end
+
+  def test
+    system "#{bin}/freeciv-server -v"
+  end
+end