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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. <knot-dns@labs.nic.cz>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libedit
+PKG_VERSION:=20150325-3.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Salzman <daniel.salzman@nic.cz>
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thrysoee.dk/editline/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=43cdb5df3061d78b5e9d59109871b4f6
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libedit
+	SECTION:=libs
+	CATEGORY:=Libraries
+	TITLE:=BSD editline and history library
+	URL:=http://thrysoee.dk/editline/
+	DEPENDS:=+libncurses
+endef
+
+define Package/libedit/description
+	Generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions similar to GNU Readline.
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR)						$(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/*.h		$(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR)						$(1)/usr/include/editline
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/editline/*.h	$(1)/usr/include/editline/
+	
+	$(INSTALL_DIR)						$(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libedit.{a,so*}	$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/libedit/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR)					$(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libedit.so.*	$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libedit))