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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=freetype
+PKG_VERSION:=2.5.3
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/freetype
+PKG_MD5SUM:=d6b60f06bfc046e43ab2a6cbfd171d65
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=FTL GPL-2.0 MIT ZLIB
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=docs/LICENSE.TXT docs/FTL.TXT docs/GPLv2.TXT src/bdf/README src/pcf/README src/gzip/zlib.h
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Nicolas Thill <nico@openwrt.org>
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_LIBTOOL_PATHS:=builds/unix
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libfreetype
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=A free, high-quality and portable font engine
+  URL:=http://www.freetype.org/
+  DEPENDS:=+zlib +libbz2
+endef
+
+define Package/libfreetype/description
+ The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
+ portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
+ They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small,
+ efficient and ubiquitous products.
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--enable-static \
+	--with-bzip2=yes \
+	--with-zlib=yes \
+	--with-png=no \
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" all install
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(2)/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/freetype-config $(2)/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/freetype2 $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libfreetype.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+
+	$(SED) \
+		's,^\(prefix\|exec_prefix\)=.*,\1="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr",g' \
+		 $(2)/bin/freetype-config
+endef
+
+
+define Package/libfreetype/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libfreetype))