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+class Zlib < Formula
+  desc "General-purpose lossless data-compression library"
+  homepage "https://zlib.net/"
+  url "https://zlib.net/zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz"
+  mirror "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/zlib/1.3.1/zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz"
+  mirror "http://fresh-center.net/linux/misc/zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz"
+  mirror "http://fresh-center.net/linux/misc/legacy/zlib-1.3.1.tar.gz"
+  sha256 "9a93b2b7dfdac77ceba5a558a580e74667dd6fede4585b91eefb60f03b72df23"
+  license "Zlib"
+  head "https://github.com/madler/zlib.git", branch: "develop"
+
+  livecheck do
+    url :homepage
+    regex(/href=.*?zlib[._-]v?(\d+(?:\.\d+)+)\.t/i)
+  end
+
+  bottle do
+    root_url "https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-core-aarch64_linux/releases/download/zlib-1.3.1"
+    sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, aarch64_linux: "343b667a2d94c71bcc0d5aaa610c685cdefdb0be7d874f6d3cfbd664f9d35b46"
+  end
+
+  keg_only :provided_by_macos
+
+  # https://zlib.net/zlib_how.html
+  resource "test_artifact" do
+    url "https://zlib.net/zpipe.c"
+    version "20051211"
+    sha256 "68140a82582ede938159630bca0fb13a93b4bf1cb2e85b08943c26242cf8f3a6"
+  end
+
+  def install
+    system "./configure", "--prefix=#{prefix}"
+    system "make", "install"
+
+    # Avoid rebuilds of dependents that hardcode this path.
+    inreplace lib/"pkgconfig/zlib.pc", prefix, opt_prefix
+  end
+
+  test do
+    testpath.install resource("test_artifact")
+    system ENV.cc, "zpipe.c", "-I#{include}", "-L#{lib}", "-lz", "-o", "zpipe"
+
+    text = "Hello, Homebrew!"
+    compressed = pipe_output("./zpipe", text)
+    assert_equal text, pipe_output("./zpipe -d", compressed)
+  end
+end