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+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=protobuf
+PKG_VERSION:=29.5
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_HASH:=a191d2afdd75997ba59f62019425016703daed356a9d92f7425f4741439ae544
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
+PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:google:protobuf
+
+HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=abseil-cpp/host
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=abseil-cpp
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
+
+define Package/protobuf/Default
+ SECTION:=libs
+ CATEGORY:=Libraries
+ TITLE:=A structured data encoding library
+ URL:=https://github.com/google/protobuf
+ DEPENDS:=+libatomic +libstdcpp +zlib
+endef
+
+define Package/protobuf
+ $(call Package/protobuf/Default)
+ DEPENDS+=+protobuf-lite
+endef
+
+define Package/protobuf-lite
+ $(call Package/protobuf/Default)
+endef
+
+define Package/protobuf/description/Default
+ Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient
+ yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its
+ internal RPC protocols and file formats.
+endef
+
+define Package/protobuf/description
+ $(call Package/protobuf/description/Default)
+
+ This package provides the libprotoc, libprotobuf, and libprotobuf-lite
+ libraries. For a much smaller protobuf package, see "protobuf-lite".
+endef
+
+define Package/protobuf-lite/description
+ $(call Package/protobuf/description/Default)
+
+ This package provides the libprotobuf-lite library.
+endef
+
+CMAKE_HOST_OPTIONS += \
+ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+ -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER="package" \
+ -Dprotobuf_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+ -Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=ON \
+ -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+
+CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
+ -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+ -Dprotobuf_ABSL_PROVIDER="package" \
+ -Dprotobuf_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+ -Dprotobuf_BUILD_PROTOC_BINARIES=ON \
+ -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
+ -Dprotobuf_WITH_ZLIB=ON
+
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -latomic
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+ $(call Build/InstallDev/cmake,$(1))
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/protobuf.pc
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/protobuf.pc
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/protobuf-lite.pc
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/protobuf-lite.pc
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/upb.pc
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/upb.pc
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/include,$$$${prefix}/include,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/utf8_range.pc
+ $(SED) 's,/usr/lib,$$$${exec_prefix}/lib,g' $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/utf8_range.pc
+endef
+
+define Package/protobuf-lite/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libprotobuf-lite.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libutf8_range.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libutf8_validity.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/protobuf/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libprotobuf.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libprotoc.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,protobuf))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,protobuf-lite))
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))