--- /dev/null
+#############################################################
+#
+# libedit
+#
+#############################################################
+
+# Note: libedit does not have a regular homepage, and it seems
+# there is no place where to download a tarball from. That's
+# why we use the Debian way-back machine.
+LIBEDIT_VERSION_MAJOR = 2
+LIBEDIT_VERSION_MINOR = 11
+LIBEDIT_VERSION_EXTRA = -20080614
+LIBEDIT_VERSION = $(LIBEDIT_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBEDIT_VERSION_MINOR)
+LIBEDIT_SOURCE = libedit_$(LIBEDIT_VERSION)$(LIBEDIT_VERSION_EXTRA).orig.tar.bz2
+LIBEDIT_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20120601T033558Z/pool/main/libe/libedit
+LIBEDIT_SUBDIR = libedit
+LIBEDIT_PATCH = libedit_2.11-20080614-5.debian.tar.bz2
+LIBEDIT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBEDIT_DEPENDENCIES = host-pmake libbsd ncurses
+
+define LIBEDIT_POST_PATCH_PERMISSIONS
+ chmod +x $(@D)/libedit/makelist
+endef
+
+LIBEDIT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBEDIT_POST_PATCH_PERMISSIONS
+
+define LIBEDIT_FIX_VIS_H_INCLUDE
+ $(SED) 's,^#include <vis\.h>$$,#include <bsd/vis\.h>,;' \
+ $(@D)/libedit/filecomplete.c \
+ $(@D)/libedit/history.c \
+ $(@D)/libedit/readline.c
+endef
+LIBEDIT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBEDIT_FIX_VIS_H_INCLUDE
+
+LIBEDIT_PMAKE_OPTS = MKPROFILE=no MKCATPAGES=no MLINKS= MANPAGES= NOGCCERROR=1 \
+ SHLIB_SHFLAGS="-Wl,-soname,libedit.so.${LIBEDIT_VERSION_MAJOR}" \
+
+define LIBEDIT_BUILD_CMDS
+ cd $(@D)/$(LIBEDIT_SUBDIR); \
+ $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) LDADD="-lbsd -lcurses" pmake $(LIBEDIT_PMAKE_OPTS)
+endef
+
+LIBEDIT_MAN_LINKS = el_init el_end el_reset el_gets el_getc el_push el_parse \
+ el_set el_get el_source el_resize el_line el_insertstr \
+ el_deletestr history_init history_end history
+
+# $1: DESTDIR to install into
+# Can't use pmake to install, it wants to be root. sigh... :-(
+# We need to create the .so links, otherwise we can't link; and waiting for
+# ldconfig is too late as it's done just before building the images.
+define LIBEDIT_INSTALL_CMDS
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 package/libedit/libedit.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libedit.pc
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libedit/libedit.a $(1)/usr/lib/libedit.a
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libedit/libedit_pic.a $(1)/usr/lib/libedit_pic.a
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libedit/libedit.so.2.11 $(1)/usr/lib/libedit.so.2.11
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libedit/histedit.h $(1)/usr/include/histedit.h
+ ln -sf libedit.so.$(LIBEDIT_VERSION) $(1)/usr/lib/libedit.so.$(LIBEDIT_VERSION_MAJOR)
+ ln -sf libedit.so.$(LIBEDIT_VERSION_MAJOR) $(1)/usr/lib/libedit.so
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libedit/readline/readline.h $(1)/usr/include/editline/readline.h
+ $(INSTALL) -v -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libedit/editline.3 $(1)/usr/share/man/man3/editline.3el
+ $(INSTALL) -v -D -m 0644 $(@D)/libedit/editrc.5 $(1)/usr/share/man/man5/editrc.5el
+ for lnk in $(LIBEDIT_MAN_LINKS); do \
+ ln -sfv editline.3el $(1)/usr/share/man/man3/$${lnk}.3el; \
+ done
+endef
+
+define LIBEDIT_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+ $(call LIBEDIT_INSTALL_CMDS,$(STAGING_DIR))
+endef
+
+define LIBEDIT_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+ $(call LIBEDIT_INSTALL_CMDS,$(TARGET_DIR))
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))