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+# Copyright 2013-2021 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 Mpfi(AutotoolsPackage):
+    """Library for arbitrary precision interval arithmetic based on MPFR"""
+
+    # Notice: no simple way to deduct URL from version
+    homepage = "https://perso.ens-lyon.fr/nathalie.revol/software.html"
+
+    version('1.5.4', url='https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/file/38111/mpfi-1.5.4.tgz',
+            sha256='3b3938595d720af17973deaf727cfc0dd41c8b16c20adc103a970f4a43ae3a56')
+    version('1.5.3', url='https://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/file/37331/mpfi-1.5.3.tar.bz2',
+            sha256='2383d457b208c6cd3cf2e66b69c4ce47477b2a0db31fbec0cd4b1ebaa247192f')
+
+    depends_on('autoconf', type='build')
+    depends_on('automake', type='build')
+    depends_on('libtool',  type='build')
+    depends_on('m4',       type='build')
+    depends_on('texinfo',  type='build')
+    depends_on('gmp',      type=('build', 'link'))
+    depends_on('mpfr',     type=('build', 'link'))
+
+    def configure_args(self):
+        args = ['--with-gmp=' + self.spec['gmp'].prefix,
+                '--with-mpfr=' + self.spec['mpfr'].prefix]
+        return args