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+# Copyright 2013-2018 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Nyancat(MakefilePackage):
+    """Nyancat in your terminal, rendered through ANSI escape sequences."""
+
+    homepage = "http://nyancat.dakko.us/"
+    url      = "https://github.com/klange/nyancat/archive/1.5.1.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.5.2', sha256='88cdcaa9c7134503dd0364a97fa860da3381a09cb555c3aae9918360827c2032')
+    version('1.5.1', sha256='c948c769d230b4e41385173540ae8ab1f36176de689b6e2d6ed3500e9179b50a')
+    version('1.5.0', sha256='9ae4f740060b77bba815d8d4e97712d822bd0812a118b88b7fd6b4136a971bce')
+    version('1.4.5', sha256='b26d752b95088be9d5caa73daea884572c0fc836ba55f0062e4d975301c4c661')
+
+    def edit(self, spec, prefix):
+        makefile = FileFilter('Makefile')
+        makefile.filter(
+            r'install src/nyancat /usr/bin/\${package}',
+            'install src/nyancat {0}/{1}'.format(
+                prefix.bin,
+                '${package}'
+            )
+        )
+        makefile.filter(
+            'gzip -9 -c < nyancat.1 > /usr/share/man/man1/nyancat.1.gz',
+            'gzip -9 -c < {1}.1 > {0}/{1}.1.gz'.format(
+                prefix.man.man1,
+                '${package}'
+            )
+        )
+        mkdirp(prefix.bin)
+        mkdirp(prefix.man.man1)