diff --git a/Formula/leafnode.rb b/Formula/leafnode.rb
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-class Leafnode < Formula
-  desc "NNTP server for small sites"
-  homepage "http://www.leafnode.org/"
-  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/leafnode/leafnode/1.11.11/leafnode-1.11.11.tar.bz2"
-  sha256 "3ec325216fb5ddcbca13746e3f4aab4b49be11616a321b25978ffd971747adc0"
-
-  bottle :disable, "leafnode hardcodes the user at compile time with no override available."
-
-  depends_on "pcre"
-
-  def install
-    (var/"spool/news/leafnode").mkpath
-    system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking", "--prefix=#{prefix}",
-                          "--with-user=#{ENV["USER"]}", "--with-group=admin",
-                          "--sysconfdir=#{etc}/leafnode", "--with-spooldir=#{var}/spool/news/leafnode"
-    system "make", "install"
-    (prefix/"homebrew.mxcl.fetchnews.plist").write fetchnews_plist
-    (prefix/"homebrew.mxcl.texpire.plist").write texpire_plist
-  end
-
-  def caveats; <<~EOS
-    For starting fetchnews and texpire, create links,
-      ln -s #{opt_prefix}/homebrew.mxcl.{fetchnews,texpire}.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
-    And to start the services,
-      launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.{fetchnews,texpire}.plist
-  EOS
-  end
-
-  plist_options :manual => "leafnode"
-
-  def plist; <<~EOS
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-    <plist version="1.0">
-      <dict>
-        <key>OnDemand</key>
-        <true/>
-        <key>Label</key>
-        <string>#{plist_name}</string>
-        <key>Program</key>
-        <string>#{opt_sbin}/leafnode</string>
-        <key>Sockets</key>
-        <dict>
-          <key>Listeners</key>
-          <dict>
-            <key>SockServiceName</key>
-            <string>nntp</string>
-          </dict>
-        </dict>
-        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
-        <string>#{var}/spool/news</string>
-        <key>inetdCompatibility</key>
-        <dict>
-          <key>Wait</key>
-          <false/>
-        </dict>
-      </dict>
-    </plist>
-  EOS
-  end
-
-  def fetchnews_plist; <<~EOS
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-    <plist version="1.0">
-      <dict>
-        <key>KeepAlive</key>
-        <false/>
-        <key>Label</key>
-        <string>homebrew.mxcl.fetchnews</string>
-        <key>Program</key>
-        <string>#{opt_sbin}/fetchnews</string>
-        <key>StartInterval</key>
-        <integer>1800</integer>
-        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
-        <string>#{var}/spool/news</string>
-      </dict>
-    </plist>
-  EOS
-  end
-
-  def texpire_plist; <<~EOS
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-    <plist version="1.0">
-      <dict>
-        <key>KeepAlive</key>
-        <false/>
-        <key>Label</key>
-        <string>homebrew.mxcl.texpire</string>
-        <key>Program</key>
-        <string>#{opt_sbin}/texpire</string>
-        <key>StartInterval</key>
-        <integer>25000</integer>
-        <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
-        <string>#{var}/spool/news</string>
-      </dict>
-    </plist>
-  EOS
-  end
-
-  test do
-    assert_match version.to_s, shell_output("#{bin}/leafnode-version")
-  end
-end