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-# Copyright (C) 2008 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-# $Id$
-
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=ipkg
-PKG_VERSION:=0.99.163
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/handhelds/packages/ipkg \
-	http://www.handhelds.org/packages/ipkg \
-	http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/handhelds.org/packages/ipkg
-PKG_MD5SUM:=0b10ad2924611bccaea8ddf98481a192
-
-PKG_FIXUP = libtool
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-
-define Package/ipkg
-  SECTION:=base
-  CATEGORY:=Base system
-  TITLE:=Itsy package management system
-  URL:=http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/Ipkg
-endef
-
-define Package/ipkg/description
- Lightweight package management system
- ipkg is the Itsy Package Management System, for handling
- installation and removal of packages on a system. It can
- recursively follow dependencies and download all packages
- necessary to install a particular package.
- .
- ipkg knows how to install both .ipk and .deb packages.
-endef
-
-TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE)
-
-define Build/Compile
-	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
-		CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
-		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
-		all install
-endef
-
-define Package/ipkg/preinst
-	if [ -L $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/bin/ipkg ] ; then
-		echo -e "Removing busybox ipkg symlink"
-		rm $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/bin/ipkg
-	fi
-endef
-
-define Package/ipkg/postrm
-	if [ "$(busybox ipkg 2>&1)" != "busybox: applet not found" ] ; then
-		echo -e "Reinstalling busybox ipkg symlink"
-		ln -sf ../../bin/busybox $${IPKG_INSTROOT}/usr/bin/ipkg
-	fi
-endef
-
-define Package/ipkg/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/ipkg-cl $(1)/usr/bin/ipkg
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libipkg.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
-endef
-
-define Build/InstallDev
-	mkdir -p $(1)/usr/include
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libipkg $(1)/usr/include/
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,ipkg))