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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libdbi
+PKG_VERSION:=0.9.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=4
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/libdbi
+PKG_MD5SUM:=05e2ceeac4bc85fbe40de8b4b22d9ab3
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
+PKG_LICENSE_FILE:=COPYING
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Nicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libdbi
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Database Independent Abstraction Layer library
+  URL:=http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/
+endef
+
+define Package/libdbi/description
+ This package provides a database-independent abstraction layer library in C.
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--enable-static \
+	--disable-docs
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/dbi $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libdbi.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dbi.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libdbi/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libdbi.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libdbi))