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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libarchive
+PKG_VERSION:=3.1.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.libarchive.org/downloads
+PKG_MD5SUM:=efad5a503f66329bb9d2f4308b5de98a
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Johannes Morgenroth <morgenroth@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libxml2 libopenssl zlib
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libarchive/Default
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  URL:=http://www.libarchive.org
+endef
+
+define Package/libarchive
+  $(call Package/libarchive/Default)
+  DEPENDS:=+libxml2 +libopenssl +zlib
+  TITLE:=Multi-format archive and compression library
+endef
+
+define Package/libarchive/description
+ Multi-format archive and compression library.
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/* $(1)/
+endef
+
+define Package/libarchive/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libarchive.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libarchive))