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+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=ragel
+PKG_VERSION:=6.10
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.colm.net/files/ragel/
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_HASH:=5f156edb65d20b856d638dd9ee2dfb43285914d9aa2b6ec779dac0270cd56c3f
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+PKG_HOST_ONLY:=1
+HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/ragel
+  SECTION:=devel
+  CATEGORY:=Development
+  TITLE:=Compiles finite state machines from regular languages into executable code
+  URL:=https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/
+  BUILDONLY:=1
+endef
+
+HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS += CXXFLAGS="$(HOST_CXXFLAGS) -std=gnu++98"
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,ragel))