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+Build recipe for the p690
+
+Author: Douglas Guptill
+Date: 2009-07-14
+
+PATH=/usr/xlf-10.1/usr/bin:${PATH}
+export OBJECT_MODE=64
+touch Makefile.deps
+make bc_20090710
+make p690
+make
+make more-output
+make install