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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libunistring
+PKG_VERSION:=1.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
+PKG_HASH:=827c1eb9cb6e7c738b171745dac0888aa58c5924df2e59239318383de0729b98
+
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnu:$(PKG_NAME)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libunistring
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=libunistring
+  URL:=https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring
+endef
+
+define Package/libunistring/description
+  This library provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings
+  and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard.
+endef
+
+HOST_CFLAGS += $(HOST_FPIC)
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-static \
+	--disable-shared \
+	--without-libiconv-prefix \
+	--with-pic
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-static \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--without-libiconv-prefix \
+	--with-pic
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/*.h $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/unistring
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/unistring/*.h $(1)/usr/include/unistring/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libunistring.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/libunistring/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libunistring.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libunistring))