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+#!/bin/sh
+
+pwd
+rm -rf tmp
+./pisi-build samples/*/*.pspec
+./pisi-index .
+./pisi-updateindex pisi-index.xml
+./pisi-install spec*pisi
+./pisi-install popt*pisi