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-jam: Jam - Make(1) Redux
+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+ |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+jam: Jam (Make(1) Redux)
+jam:
+jam: Jam is a program construction tool, like make(1). Jam recursively
+jam: builds target files from source files, using dependency information
+jam: and updating actions expressed in the Jambase file, which is written
+jam: in jam's own interpreted language. The default Jambase is compiled
+jam: into jam and provides a boilerplate for common use, relying on a
+jam: user-provide file "Jamfile" to enumerate actual targets and sources.
jam:
-jam: Jam is a program construction tool, like make(1). Jam recursively builds
-jam: target files from source files, using dependency information and updating
-jam: actions expressed in the Jambase file, which is written in jam's own
-jam: interpreted language. The default Jambase is compiled into jam and
-jam: provides a boilerplate for common use, relying on a user-provide file
-jam: "Jamfile" to enumerate actual targets and sources.
-jam:
jam: http://public.perforce.com/public/jam/src/Jam.html
-jam:
+jam: