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+require 'formula'
+
+class MongoC < Formula
+  homepage 'http://docs.mongodb.org/ecosystem/drivers/c/'
+  url 'https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/archive/v0.8.zip'
+  sha1 'f21924cea0011ad71309f86f1358d082d855aa79'
+
+  # Reported upstream:
+  # https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/22096
+  def patches
+    "https://gist.github.com/planas/6321873/raw"
+  end
+
+  def install
+    system "make"
+    system "make", "install", "DESTDIR=", "PREFIX=#{prefix}"
+  end
+end