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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=eventlog
+PKG_VERSION:=0.2.9
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/eventlog/0.2/
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MD5SUM:=76e3d7a0b8f335c12099e9b91191fbf1
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libeventlog
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=A new API to format and send structured log messages.
+endef
+
+define Package/eventlog/description
+  A new API to format and send structured log messages. It supports multiple message
+  representations (plain, XML attributes and XML tags) and multiple output methods
+  (local syslogd).
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/eventlog $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libevtlog.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/eventlog.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libeventlog/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libevtlog.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libeventlog))