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+################################################################################
+#
+# mongoose
+#
+################################################################################
+
+MONGOOSE_VERSION = 5.6
+MONGOOSE_SITE = $(call github,cesanta,mongoose,$(MONGOOSE_VERSION))
+MONGOOSE_LICENSE = GPLv2
+MONGOOSE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+MONGOOSE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+MONGOOSE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -DMONGOOSE_NO_DL
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+MONGOOSE_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+# directly linked
+MONGOOSE_CFLAGS += -DNS_ENABLE_SSL -lssl -lcrypto -lz
+endif
+
+define MONGOOSE_BUILD_CMDS
+ $(TARGET_CC) $(@D)/examples/web_server/web_server.c $(@D)/mongoose.c \
+ -I$(@D) -o $(@D)/examples/web_server/web_server \
+ $(MONGOOSE_CFLAGS) -pthread
+ $(TARGET_CC) -c $(@D)/mongoose.c $(MONGOOSE_CFLAGS) -o $(@D)/mongoose.o
+ $(TARGET_AR) rcs $(@D)/libmongoose.a $(@D)/mongoose.o
+endef
+
+define MONGOOSE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/examples/web_server/web_server \
+ $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/mongoose
+endef
+
+define MONGOOSE_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 755 package/mongoose/S85mongoose \
+ $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S85mongoose
+endef
+
+define MONGOOSE_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $(@D)/libmongoose.a \
+ $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libmongoose.a
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $(@D)/mongoose.h \
+ $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/mongoose.h
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))