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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=make
+PKG_VERSION:=4.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/make
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MD5SUM:=654f9117957e6fa6a1c49a8f08270ec9
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/make
+  SECTION:=devel
+  CATEGORY:=Development
+  TITLE:=make
+  URL:=https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
+endef
+
+define Package/make/description
+  The Make package contains a tool to create executables from source files.
+endef
+
+define Package/make/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/make $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+# provide gnumake.h at build time for other packages
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/gnumake.h $(1)/usr/include/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,make))