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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libestr
+PKG_VERSION:=0.1.10
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://libestr.adiscon.com/files/download/
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MD5SUM:=f4c9165a23587e77f7efe65d676d5e8e
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dov Murik <dmurik@us.ibm.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1+
+PKG_LICENSE_FILE:=COPYING
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libestr
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=String handling library
+  URL:=http://libestr.adiscon.com/
+endef
+
+define Package/libestr/description
+  libestr - some essentials for string handling (and a bit more)
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/* $(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/libestr/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libestr.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libestr))