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+##
+# This file is an EasyBuild reciPY as per https://github.com/easybuilders
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright 2012-2014 Uni.Lu/LCSB, NTUA
+# Authors::   Fotis Georgatos <fotis@cern.ch>
+# License::   MIT/GPL
+# $Id$
+#
+# This work implements a part of the HPCBIOS project and is a component of the policy:
+# http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/HPCBIOS_07-02.html
+##
+
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'PAPI'
+version = '5.5.1'
+
+homepage = 'http://icl.cs.utk.edu/projects/papi/'
+
+description = """
+ PAPI provides the tool designer and application engineer with a consistent
+ interface and methodology for use of the performance counter hardware found
+ in most major microprocessors. PAPI enables software engineers to see, in near
+ real time, the relation between software performance and processor events.
+ In addition Component PAPI provides access to a collection of components
+ that expose performance measurement opportunites across the hardware and
+ software stack.
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '6.4.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['http://icl.cs.utk.edu/projects/papi/downloads/']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+checksums = ['49dc2c2323f6164c4a7e81b799ed690ee73158671205e71501f849391dd2c2d4']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.28'),
+]
+
+start_dir = 'src'
+
+parallel = 1
+
+runtest = 'fulltest'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ["bin/papi_%s" % x
+              for x in ["avail", "clockres", "command_line", "component_avail",
+                        "cost", "decode", "error_codes", "event_chooser",
+                        "mem_info", "multiplex_cost", "native_avail",
+                        "version", "xml_event_info"]],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'perf'