Index: /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mercurial/.ignore.txt
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--- /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mercurial/.ignore.txt	(revision 10055)
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+install
+src
Index: /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mercurial/install.sh
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--- /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mercurial/install.sh	(revision 10055)
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#get number of CPUS
+NUMCPUS=$1;
+
+#version of mercurial
+version=`echo *.tar.gz | sed 's/\.tar\.gz//g' | sed 's/mercurial-//g'`
+echo $version
+
+#Some cleanup
+rm -rf install mercurial-$version
+
+#Create install directories
+mkdir install
+
+#Untar 
+tar -zxvf  mercurial-$version.tar.gz
+
+#Move mercurial into install directory
+mv mercurial-$version/* install
+rm -rf mercurial-$version
+
+#Apply patches
+cd install 
+#patch Lib/Makefile ../lib_Makefile.patch
+exit
+
+#Compile mercurial
+if [ -z $NUMCPUS ];
+then
+	make
+else
+	make -j $NUMCPUS
+fi