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+class Libwandevent < Formula
+  desc "Libwandevent provides an API for developing event-driven programs"
+  homepage "http://research.wand.net.nz/software/libwandevent.php"
+  url "http://research.wand.net.nz/software/libwandevent/libwandevent-3.0.1.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "317b2cc39f912f8e5875b9dd05658cd48ead98bf20a1d89855e5a435381bee24"
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
+                          "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make", "install"
+  end
+
+  test do
+    (testpath/"test.cpp").write <<-EOS.undent
+      #include <sys/time.h>
+      #include <libwandevent.h>
+
+      int main() {
+        wand_event_init();
+        return 0;
+      }
+    EOS
+    system ENV.cc, "test.cpp", "-L#{lib}", "-lwandevent", "-o", "test"
+    system "./test"
+  end
+end