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+#!/bin/sh
+# sit class file
+#
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> (C) 2024
+#
+
+CATEGORY="mpi"
+PACKAGE="ucx"
+VERSION="1.17.0"
+URL="https://www.openucx.org"
+INSTALLER="Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de>"
+
+# Archive A and package name P
+A="$PACKAGE-$VERSION.tar.gz"
+P="$PACKAGE-$VERSION"
+HASH_MD5=
+HASH_SHA1=
+
+# Other interesting configure options:
+CONFIGURE_OPTS="
+        --enable-shared \
+        --enable-static \
+	--enable-mt \
+        "
+
+if [ ! -z $CUDA_DIR ] ; then
+    CONFIGURE_OPTS+=" --with-cuda=$CUDA_DIR"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z $XPMEM_DIR ] ; then
+    CONFIGURE_OPTS+=" --with-xpmem=$XPMEM_DIR"
+fi
+
+src_configure() {
+    ${SRCDIR}/contrib/configure-release --prefix=$PREFIX $CONFIGURE_OPTS
+    if [ ! -z $LOGDIR  -a -f config.log ] ; then
+	    cp config.log $LOGDIR
+    fi
+}
+
+src_pretest() {
+    make check
+}