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+#!/bin/sh
+# sit class file
+#
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> (C) 2012
+#
+
+CATEGORY="performance"
+PACKAGE="extrae"
+VERSION="2.3"
+URL="http://www.bsc.es"
+INSTALLER="Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de>"
+
+# Archive A and package name P
+A=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
+P=${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}
+
+enable_papi=${enable_papi:=1}
+
+MAKEOPTS="-j1"
+
+# Other interesting configure options:
+#--disable-doc \
+CONFIGURE_OPTS="\
+		--with-mpi=$MPI_DIR \
+		--without-pacx \
+		--enable-sampling \
+		--enable-posix-clock \
+		--without-unwind \
+		--without-dyninst \
+		"
+
+
+# use PAPI
+if [ $enable_papi != 0 ] ; then
+    module load system/perfctr
+    module load system/papi
+    PAPI_DIR=$(dirname $(dirname $(which papi_avail)))
+    CONFIGURE_OPTS="$CONFIGURE_OPTS --with-papi=$PAPI_DIR"
+else
+    CONFIGURE_OPTS="$CONFIGURE_OPTS --without-papi"
+fi
+
+BUILDDIR="${SRCDIR}"
+
+src_install() {
+    mkdir -p $PREFIX
+    make install  || sit_fail "Installation failed"
+}