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+$:.unshift "#{File.dirname __FILE__}/../Cellar/homebrew" #rubysucks
+require 'brewkit'
+require 'fileutils'
+
+homepage='http://betterthangrep.com/'
+
+class UncompressedFormula < Formula
+  def initialize
+    @name='ack'
+    @version='1.88'
+    @url='http://ack.googlecode.com/svn/tags/1.88/ack'
+    @md5='8009a13ab0fc66047bea0ea2ad89419c'
+  end
+
+  def uncompress path
+    path.dirname
+  end
+end
+
+UncompressedFormula.new.brew do |prefix|
+  bin=prefix+'bin'
+  FileUtils.mkpath bin
+  FileUtils.cp 'ack', bin
+end
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