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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file 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 General Public License (as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1 dated 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 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 *
+import sys
+
+class Numdiff(Package):
+    """Numdiff is a little program that can be used to compare putatively
+    similar files line by line and field by field, ignoring small numeric
+    differences or/and different numeric formats."""
+
+    homepage  = 'https://www.nongnu.org/numdiff'
+    url       = 'http://nongnu.askapache.com/numdiff/numdiff-5.8.1.tar.gz'
+
+    version('5.8.1',    'a295eb391f6cb1578209fc6b4f9d994e')
+
+    depends_on('gettext', sys.platform=='darwin')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        options = ['--prefix=%s' % prefix]
+        configure(*options)
+        make()
+        make('install')