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+# Copyright 2013-2022 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 Ftjam(AutotoolsPackage):
+    """Jam is a small open-source build tool that
+       can be used as a replacement for Make."""
+
+    homepage = "https://freetype.org/jam/"
+    url      = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/ftjam/2.5.2/ftjam-2.5.2.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.5.2', sha256='a5d456f65477d77936e1726f5f803a2e6def18a6c6fccf5ea8528926c136abc8')
+
+    depends_on('bison')