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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2017, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Hacckernels(CMakePackage):
+    """HACCKernels: A Benchmark for HACC's Particle Force Kernels.
+    The Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC), a
+    cosmology N-body-code framework, is designed to run efficiently
+    on diverse computing architectures and to scale to millions of
+    cores and beyond."""
+
+    homepage = "https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov/hacc/HACCKernels"
+    url      = "https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov/hacc/HACCKernels.git"
+
+    tags = ['proxy-app']
+
+    version('develop', git='https://xgitlab.cels.anl.gov/hacc/HACCKernels.git',
+            branch='master')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        mkdirp(prefix.bin)
+        install('README', prefix)
+        install('spack-build/HACCKernels', prefix.bin)