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+# Copyright (C) 2009  Mark Brand
+#                     Volker Grabsch
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject
+# to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+# IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+# CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+# TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+# SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+# openssl
+PKG             := openssl
+$(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 0.9.8k
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 3ba079f91d3c1ec90a36dcd1d43857165035703f
+$(PKG)_SUBDIR   := openssl-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
+$(PKG)_FILE     := openssl-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
+$(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.openssl.org/
+$(PKG)_URL      := http://www.openssl.org/source/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_URL_2    := ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/$($(PKG)_FILE)
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := gcc zlib
+
+define $(PKG)_UPDATE
+    wget -q -O- 'http://www.openssl.org/source/' | \
+    grep '<a href="openssl-' | \
+    $(SED) -n 's,.*openssl-\([0-9][0-9a-z.]*\)\.tar.*,\1,p' | \
+    head -1
+endef
+
+define $(PKG)_BUILD
+    # workarounds according to
+    # http://wagner.pp.ru/~vitus/articles/openssl-mingw.html
+    $(SED) 's,^$$IsMK1MF=1.*,,' -i '$(1)'/Configure
+    $(SED) 's,static type _hide_##name,type _hide_##name,' -i '$(1)'/e_os2.h
+    cd '$(1)' && CC='$(TARGET)-gcc' ./Configure \
+        mingw \
+        zlib \
+        no-shared \
+        --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)'
+    make -C '$(1)' install -j 1 \
+        CC='$(TARGET)-gcc' \
+        RANLIB='$(TARGET)-ranlib' \
+        AR='$(TARGET)-ar rcu'
+endef