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+config BR2_PACKAGE_RDIFF_BACKUP
+ bool "rdiff-backup"
+ depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
+ select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_HASHLIB
+ select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ZLIB
+ help
+ Tool for incremental, network efficient backup
+
+ http://nongnu.org/rdiff-backup
+
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+#############################################################
+#
+# rdiff-backup
+#
+#############################################################
+
+RDIFF_BACKUP_VERSION = 1.2.8
+RDIFF_BACKUP_SOURCE = rdiff-backup-$(RDIFF_BACKUP_VERSION).tar.gz
+RDIFF_BACKUP_SITE = http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/rdiff-backup
+RDIFF_BACKUP_LICENSE = GPLv2
+
+RDIFF_BACKUP_DEPENDENCIES = python librsync
+
+define RDIFF_BACKUP_BUILD_CMDS
+ (cd $(@D); \
+ CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+ CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+ LDSHARED="$(TARGET_CC) -shared" \
+ LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+ $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python setup.py build_ext \
+ --include-dirs=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR))
+ (cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python setup.py build -e /usr/bin/python )
+endef
+
+define RDIFF_BACKUP_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+ (cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr)
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))