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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libassuan
+PKG_VERSION:=2.5.3
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/$(PKG_NAME)
+PKG_HASH:=91bcb0403866b4e7c4bc1cc52ed4c364a9b5414b3994f718c70303f7f765e702
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libassuan
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=GnuPG IPC library
+  URL:=https://gnupg.org/software/libassuan/index.html
+  DEPENDS:=+libgpg-error
+endef
+
+define Package/libassuan/description
+Libassuan is a small library implementing the so-called Assuan
+protocol. This protocol is used for IPC between most newer GnuPG
+components. Both, server and client side functions are provided. 
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(2)/bin $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/libassuan-config \
+		$(2)/bin/
+	$(SED) \
+		's,^\(prefix\|exec_prefix\)=.*,\1=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr,g' \
+		$(2)/bin/libassuan-config
+	ln -sf $(STAGING_DIR)/host/bin/libassuan-config $(1)/usr/bin/libassuan-config
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/assuan.h \
+		$(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libassuan.{la,so*} \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/aclocal
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal/libassuan.m4 \
+		$(1)/usr/share/aclocal/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libassuan.pc \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+endef
+
+define Package/libassuan/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libassuan.so.* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libassuan))