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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=zile
+PKG_VERSION:=2.3.24
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/zile
+PKG_MD5SUM:=fe77d801ba69e0fb9b4914a04b9ff506
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Ted Hess <thess@kitschensync.net>
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
+PKG_LICENSE_FILE:=COPYING
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/zile
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  DEPENDS:=+libncursesw
+  TITLE:=very small emacs-like editor
+  URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/zile/
+  SUBMENU:=Editors
+endef
+
+define Package/zile/description
+	Zile is a small Emacs clone. Zile is a customizable, self-documenting
+	real-time display editor. Zile was written to be as similar as possible
+	to Emacs; every Emacs user should feel at home with Zile.
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_VARS += \
+	gl_cv_func_getopt_gnu=yes
+
+define Package/zile/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/$(PKG_NAME) $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,zile))