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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Nikil Mehta <nikil.mehta@gmail.com>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=bitlbee
+PKG_VERSION:=3.4.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://get.bitlbee.org/src/ \
+		        http://distcache.FreeBSD.org/local-distfiles/brix/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=69c85554def74f314e3b6e390389a30b0e748f23ef37883e9d7545ee2c45ea57
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Nikil Mehta <nikil.mehta@gmail.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
+
+define Package/bitlbee
+  SECTION:=net
+  CATEGORY:=Network
+  SUBMENU:=Instant Messaging
+  TITLE:=An IRC to other chat networks gateway
+  URL:=http://www.bitlbee.org/
+  DEPENDS:=+glib2 +libopenssl $(ICONV_DEPENDS) $(INTL_DEPENDS)
+endef
+
+define Package/bitlbee/description
+	This program can be used as an IRC server which forwards everything you
+	say to people on other chat networks: Jabber (which includes Google Talk
+	and Facebook Chat), ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo! and Twitter/Identica/Status.net.
+endef
+
+define Package/bitlbee/conffiles
+/etc/bitlbee/bitlbee.conf
+/etc/bitlbee/motd.txt
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS = \
+	--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+	--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+	--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+	--prefix=$(CONFIGURE_PREFIX) \
+	--etcdir=/etc/bitlbee \
+	--ssl=openssl \
+	--msn=0
+
+define Build/Install
+	$(call Build/Install/Default,install install-etc)
+endef
+
+define Package/bitlbee/install	
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/bitlbee $(1)/usr/sbin/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/bitlbee
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/bitlbee/{bitlbee.conf,motd.txt} $(1)/etc/bitlbee
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,bitlbee))