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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 $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=gdbm
+PKG_VERSION:=1.11
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gdbm
+PKG_MD5SUM:=72c832680cf0999caedbe5b265c8c1bd
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv3
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Marcel Denia <naoir@gmx.net>
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_REMOVE_FILES:=Makefile compat/Makefile doc/Makefile export/Makefile src/Makefile tests/Makefile
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=0
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libgdbm
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=GNU database manager
+  URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/
+endef
+
+define Package/libgdbm/description
+  GNU database manager library
+  GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extendible hashing and
+  works similar to the standard UNIX dbm routines.
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--enable-static \
+
+define Build/Compile
+	+$(MAKE) $(PKG_JOBS) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		BINOWN=`id -u` \
+		BINGRP=`id -g` \
+		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+		all install
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/gdbm.h $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libgdbm.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/libgdbm/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libgdbm))