diff --git a/system/stress/README b/system/stress/README
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+stress, stress test utility 
+imposes certain types of compute stress on your system.
+ ( cpu, io, vm, hdd )
diff --git a/system/stress/slack-desc b/system/stress/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+      |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+stress: stress (stress test utility)
+stress:
+stress: imposes certain types of compute stress
+stress: on your system.
+stress: ( cpu, io, vm, hdd )
+stress:
+stress:
+stress: http://weather.ou.edu/~apw/projects/stress/
+stress:
+stress:
+stress:
diff --git a/system/stress/stress.SlackBuild b/system/stress/stress.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for stress
+
+# Copyright 2008,2011  Vincent Batts, vbatts@hashbangbash.com, http://hashbangbash.com/
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
+# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+PRGNAM=stress
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.4}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) export ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) export ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) export ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "s390" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=armv4t"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT || exit 1
+cd $TMP || exit 1
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || exit 1
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION || exit 1
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --infodir=/usr/info \
+  --mandir=/usr/man || exit 1
+
+make || exit 1
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
+
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true	
+
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+rm -f $PKG/usr/info/dir
+gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*.info*
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS COPYING TODO README INSTALL ChangeLog NEWS $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/system/stress/stress.info b/system/stress/stress.info
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+PRGNAM="stress"
+VERSION="1.0.4"
+HOMEPAGE="http://weather.ou.edu/~apw/projects/stress/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://weather.ou.edu/~apw/projects/stress/stress-1.0.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a607afa695a511765b40993a64c6e2f4"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+MAINTAINER="Vincent Batts"
+EMAIL="vbatts@hashbangbash.com"
+APPROVED="Niels Horn"