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+config BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
+       bool
+       default n
+       depends BR2_PACKAGE_LIBREADLINE
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBREADLINE
+       tristate "libreadline - Command lines edition library"
+#      default m if CONFIG_DEVEL
+       default n
+       select BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE
+       help
+         The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications 
+         that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both Emacs 
+         and vi editing modes are available. The Readline library includes 
+         additional functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command 
+         lines, to recall and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like 
+         history expansion on previous commands.
+         
+         http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
+         
 
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+# $Id$
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=readline
+PKG_VERSION:=5.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_MD5SUM:=
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/readline
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_CAT:=zcat
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_INSTALL_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-install
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
+
+$(eval $(call PKG_template,LIBREADLINE,libreadline,$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured:
+       (cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.{cache,status} ; \
+               $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+               CFLAGS="$(strip $(TARGET_CFLAGS))" \
+               CPPFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
+               LDFLAGS="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
+               ./configure \
+                 --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+                 --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+                 --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+                 --program-prefix="" \
+                 --program-suffix="" \
+                 --prefix=/usr \
+                 --exec-prefix=/usr \
+                 --bindir=/usr/bin \
+                 --datadir=/usr/share \
+                 --includedir=/usr/include \
+                 --infodir=/usr/share/info \
+                 --libdir=/usr/lib \
+                 --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+                 --localstatedir=/var \
+                 --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+                 --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+                 --sysconfdir=/etc \
+                 $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
+                 $(DISABLE_NLS) \
+                 --enable-shared \
+                 --enable-static \
+                 --with-curses \
+       );
+       touch $@
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built:
+       rm -rf $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
+       mkdir -p $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
+       $(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+               DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+               all install
+       touch $@
+
+$(IPKG_LIBREADLINE):
+       install -m0755 -d $(IDIR_LIBREADLINE)/usr/lib
+       cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lib{history,readline}.so.* $(IDIR_LIBREADLINE)/usr/lib/
+       $(RSTRIP) $(IDIR_LIBREADLINE)
+       $(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_LIBREADLINE) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
+
+$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libreadline.so: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built
+       mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+       cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/readline $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
+       mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
+       cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/lib{history,readline}.{a,so*} $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/
+       touch $@
+
+install-dev: $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libreadline.so
+
+uninstall-dev:
+       rm -rf \
+               $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/readline \
+               $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/lib{history,readline}.{a,so*} \
+
+compile: install-dev
+clean: uninstall-dev