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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libusb-compat
+PKG_VERSION:=0.1.4
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/libusb
+PKG_MD5SUM:=2ca521fffadd0c28fdf174e6ec73865b
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER := Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libusb-compat
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=libusb-0.1 compatibility library
+  DEPENDS:=+libusb-1.0
+  URL:=http://libusb.wiki.sourceforge.net/
+endef
+
+define Package/libusb-compat/description
+  libusb is a C library that gives applications easy access to USB devices on
+  many different operating systems.
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/* $(1)/
+endef
+
+define Package/libusb-compat/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libusb-compat))