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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=lua-libmodbus
+PKG_VERSION:=0.4.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/remakeelectric/lua-libmodbus/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
+PKG_HASH:=90aff3a2cfe7f91f167ad4ea00f55c2aa86cf2aef93d022e3b2cf906a1791254
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=v$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Karl Palsson <karlp@etactica.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/$(PKG_NAME)
+ SUBMENU:=Lua
+ SECTION:=lang
+ CATEGORY:=Languages
+ TITLE:=$(PKG_NAME)
+ URL:=https://github.com/remakeelectric/lua-libmodbus
+ DEPENDS:=+liblua +libmodbus
+endef
+
+define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/description
+ lua-libmodbus is a binding to libmodbus,
+ see also http://www.libmodbus.org
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+endef
+
+define Package/$(PKG_NAME)/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/lua
+ $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libmodbus.so $(1)/usr/lib/lua
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,$(PKG_NAME)))