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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=picocom
+PKG_VERSION:=1.7
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://picocom.googlecode.com/files
+PKG_MD5SUM:=8eaba1d31407e8408674d6e57af447ef
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Steven Barth <cyrus@openwrt.org>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/picocom
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=A minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
+  URL:=http://code.google.com/p/picocom/
+  SUBMENU:=Terminal
+endef
+
+define Package/picocom/description
+ minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+		picocom
+endef
+
+define Package/picocom/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/picocom $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,picocom))