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+# Note that this script can accept some limited command-line arguments, run
+# `julia build_tarballs.jl --help` to see a usage message.
+using BinaryBuilder
+
+name = "L_BFGS_B"
+version = v"3.0.0"
+
+# Collection of sources required to build LBFGSB
+sources = [
+    "http://users.iems.northwestern.edu/~nocedal/Software/Lbfgsb.3.0.tar.gz" =>
+    "f5b9a1c8c30ff6bcc8df9b5d5738145f4cbe4c7eadec629220e808dcf0e54720",
+]
+
+# Bash recipe for building across all platforms
+script = raw"""
+cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir/Lbfgsb.*/
+mkdir -p "${libdir}"
+FFLAGS="-O3 -fPIC -shared -Wall -fbounds-check -Wno-uninitialized"
+${FC} ${LDFLAGS} ${FFLAGS} lbfgsb.f linpack.f blas.f timer.f -o "${libdir}/liblbfgsb.${dlext}"
+install_license License.txt
+"""
+
+# These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
+# platforms are passed in on the command line
+platforms = expand_gfortran_versions(supported_platforms())
+
+# The products that we will ensure are always built
+products = [
+    LibraryProduct("liblbfgsb", :liblbfgsb)
+]
+
+# Dependencies that must be installed before this package can be built
+dependencies = [
+]
+
+# Build the tarballs, and possibly a `build.jl` as well.
+build_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, platforms, products, dependencies)