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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 $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=automake
+PKG_VERSION:=1.15
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/automake
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MD5SUM:=716946a105ca228ab545fc37a70df3a3
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/automake
+  SECTION:=devel
+  CATEGORY:=Development
+  TITLE:=automake
+  URL:=https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
+  DEPENDS:=+autoconf +perlbase-thread +perlbase-attributes
+endef
+
+define Package/automake/description
+  Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant
+  with the GNU Coding Standards.
+endef
+
+define Package/automake/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/automake-$(PKG_VERSION) \
+	  $(1)/usr/bin/automake
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/aclocal-$(PKG_VERSION) \
+	  $(1)/usr/bin/aclocal
+	$(SED) 's|$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)|/usr|g' $(1)/usr/bin/automake
+	$(SED) 's|$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)|/usr|g' $(1)/usr/bin/aclocal
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/automake-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+	for dir in \
+	  automake-$(PKG_VERSION) automake-$(PKG_VERSION)/Automake \
+	  automake-$(PKG_VERSION)/am aclocal \
+	  aclocal-$(PKG_VERSION) aclocal-$(PKG_VERSION)/internal \
+	; do \
+		$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/$$$$dir; \
+		for file in $$$$(cd $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR) && \
+		  find usr/share/$$$$dir -maxdepth 1 -type f); do \
+			$(INSTALL_DATA) $$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/$$$$file \
+			$(1)/$$$$file; \
+		done; \
+	done
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,automake))