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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 Colordiff(Package):
+    """Colorful diff utility."""
+
+    homepage = "https://www.colordiff.org"
+    url      = "https://www.colordiff.org/colordiff-1.0.18.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.0.18', '07658f09a44f30a3b5c1cea9c132baed')
+
+    depends_on('perl')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        make("INSTALL_DIR=" + prefix.bin, "ETC_DIR=" + prefix.etc,
+             "MAN_DIR=" + prefix.man, 'install', parallel=False)