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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2017 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=jansson
+PKG_VERSION:=2.12
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.digip.org/jansson/releases/
+PKG_HASH:=645d72cc5dbebd4df608d33988e55aa42a7661039e19a379fcbe5c79d1aee1d2
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/jansson
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Jansson library
+  URL:=http://www.digip.org/jansson/
+  MAINTAINER:=Gergely Kiss <mail.gery@gmail.com>
+endef
+
+define Package/jansson/description
+  Jansson is a C library for encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath-link=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib -lm
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/{lib,include}
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libjansson* $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/* $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/* $(1)/usr/include/
+endef
+
+define Package/jansson/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libjansson*so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,jansson))