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+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=gawk
+PKG_VERSION:=4.1.4
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gawk
+
+PKG_MD5SUM:=53e184e2d0f90def9207860531802456322be091c7b48f23fdc79cda65adc266
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/gawk
+ SECTION:=utils
+ CATEGORY:=Utilities
+ URL:=http://tukaani.org/xz
+ TITLE:=GNU awk
+ DEPENDS:=+libncursesw +libreadline
+endef
+
+define Package/gawk/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/{gawk,igawk} $(1)/usr/bin/
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/gawk
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/gawk/* $(1)/usr/lib/gawk/
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/awk
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/awk/* $(1)/usr/lib/awk/
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/awk
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/awk/* $(1)/usr/share/awk/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,gawk))
+