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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Steven Hessing
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libyaml-cpp
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:= Steven Hessing <steven.hessing@gmail.com>
+
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/
+PKG_SOURCE_DATA:=2017-11-01
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=beb44b872c07c74556314e730c6f20a00b32e8e5
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=3ddb1f5a6c564f33fd164c0300df8048c689c319964a08386d869637a0f5c8e2
+
+PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=yaml-cpp
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR)
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+CMAKE_INSTALL:=1
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
+CMAKE_OPTIONS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+#CMAKE_OPTIONS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+
+define Package/libyaml-cpp
+	SECTION:=development
+	CATEGORY:=Libraries
+	TITLE:=libyaml-cpp 
+	URL:=https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp
+	DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp
+endef
+
+define Package/libyaml-cpp/description
+yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++ matching the YAML 1.2 spec.
+endef
+
+define Package/libyaml-cpp/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	#$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libyaml-cpp.so.0.5.3 $(1)/usr/lib/
+	#$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libyaml-cpp.so.0.5.3 $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libyaml-cpp.so.0.5 $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libyaml-cpp))