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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2021 ImmortalWrt.org
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=perl-ack
+PKG_VERSION:=3.5.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/P/PE/PETDANCE/
+PKG_SOURCE:=ack-v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_HASH:=66053e884e803387a02ddee0d68abf2a10239fab654364dab33287309a725521
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=Artistic-2.0
+PKG_LICENSE_FILE:=LICENSE.md
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/perl/ack-v$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include ../perl/perlmod.mk
+
+define Package/ack
+ SECTION:=utils
+ CATEGORY:=Utilities
+ TITLE:=A grep-like source code search tool
+ URL:=https://beyondgrep.com
+ DEPENDS:=+perl +perl-ack
+ PROVIDES:=ack-grep
+endef
+
+define Package/perl-ack
+ SUBMENU:=Perl
+ SECTION:=lang
+ CATEGORY:=Languages
+ TITLE:=grep-like text finder
+ URL:=http://search.cpan.org/dist/ack/
+ DEPENDS:=perl +perl-file-next +perlbase-filetest +perlbase-if \
+ +perlbase-list +perlbase-pod +perlbase-test +perlbase-text \
+ +perlbase-term
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+ $(call perlmod/Configure,,)
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+ $(call perlmod/Compile,,)
+endef
+
+define Package/ack/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin/
+ $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/ack $(1)/usr/bin/
+ $(SED) "1"'!'"b;s,^#"'!'".*perl.*,#"'!'"/usr/bin/perl," -i --follow-symlinks $(1)/usr/bin/ack
+endef
+
+define Package/perl-ack/install
+ $(call perlmod/Install,$(1),App auto/ack)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,ack))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,perl-ack))