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+#!/bin/sh
+# sit class file
+#
+# Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de> (C) 2011
+#
+ 
+CATEGORY="performance"
+PACKAGE="ppw"
+VERSION="2.8beta"
+URL="http://ppw.hcs.ufl.edu"
+INSTALLER="Christoph Niethammer <niethammer@hlrs.de>"
+
+
+# Archive A and package name P
+A="${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+P="${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}"
+
+
+# Other interesting configure options:
+#--enable-sampling \
+CONFIGURE_OPTS="\
+		--with-mpi=$MPI_DIR \
+		--with-upc=$BUPC_HOME \
+		"
+