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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/spack/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 RSf(RPackage):
+    """Support for simple features, a standardized way to encode spatial
+       vector data. Binds to GDAL for reading and writing data, to GEOS for
+       geometrical operations, and to Proj.4 for projection conversions and
+       datum transformations."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/r-spatial/sf/"
+    url      = "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/sf_0.5-5.tar.gz"
+    list_url = "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/sf"
+
+    version('0.5-5', '53ff32d0c9bf2844666c68ce7d75beb2')
+
+    depends_on('r-rcpp', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-dbi@0.5:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-units@0.4-6:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-classint', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('r-magrittr', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('gdal@2.0.0:')
+    depends_on('geos@3.3.0:')
+    depends_on('proj@4.8.0:')