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+require 'formula'
+
+class Shmcat < Formula
+  homepage 'http://shmcat.sourceforge.net/'
+  url 'http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/shmcat/shmcat-1.5.tar.bz2'
+  sha1 'ab0aa596eccfc0343f5863cc4ceb874f91ad9d09'
+
+  option 'with-ftok', "Build the ftok utility"
+  option 'with-nls', "Use Native Language Support"
+
+  depends_on 'gettext' if build.include? 'with-nls'
+
+  def install
+    args = %W[
+      --disable-dependency-tracking
+      --prefix=#{prefix}
+    ]
+    args << "--disable-ftok" unless build.include? 'with-ftok'
+    if build.include? 'with-nls'
+      gettext = Formula.factory('gettext')
+      args << "--with-libintl-prefix=#{gettext.include}"
+    else
+      args << "--disable-nls"
+    end
+
+    system "./configure", *args
+    system "make install"
+  end
+end