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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2018, 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 *
+from shutil import copytree
+
+
+class OptionalLite(Package):
+    """
+    A single-file header-only version of a C++17-like optional, a nullable
+    object for C++98, C++11 and later.
+    """
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/martinmoene/optional-lite"
+    url      = "https://github.com/martinmoene/optional-lite/archive/v3.0.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('3.0.0', sha256='36ae58512c478610647978811f0f4dbe105880372bd7ed39417314d50a27254e')
+    version('2.3.0', sha256='8fe46216147234b172c6a5b182726834afc44dfdca1e976a264d6f96eb183916')
+    version('2.2.0', sha256='9ce1bb021de42f804f8d17ed30b79fc98296122bec8db60492104978cd282fa2')
+    version('2.0.0', sha256='e8d803cbc7be241df41a9ab267b525b7941df09747cd5a7deb55f863bd8a4e8d')
+    version('1.0.3', sha256='7a2fb0fe20d61d091f6730237add9bab58bc0df1288cb96f3e8a61b859539067')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        copytree('include', prefix.include)