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+require 'formula'
+
+class Minicom <Formula
+  @url='http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3195/minicom-2.4.tar.gz'
+  @homepage='http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/'
+  @md5='700976a3c2dcc8bbd50ab9bb1c08837b'
+
+  def install
+    # There is a silly bug in the Makefile where it forgets to link to iconv. Workaround below.
+    ENV['LIBS'] = '-liconv'
+    
+    system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}",
+                          "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--mandir=#{prefix}/share/man"
+    system "make install"
+
+    (prefix + 'etc').mkdir
+    (prefix + 'var').mkdir
+    (prefix + 'etc/minirc.dfl').write "pu lock #{prefix}/var\npu escape-key Escape (Meta)\n"
+
+  end
+  
+  def caveats; <<-EOS
+Terminal Compatibility
+======================
+If minicom doesn't see the LANG variable, it will try to fallback to
+make the layout more compatible, but uglier. Certain unsupported
+encodings will completely render the UI useless, so if the UI looks
+strange, try setting the following environment variable:
+
+LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
+
+Text Input Not Working
+======================
+Most development boards require Serial port setup -> Hardware Flow
+Control to be set to "No" to input text.
+    EOS
+  end
+  
+end