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+# Makefile for busybox
+#
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2002 by Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+APPLETS_AR:=applets.a
+ifndef $(APPLETS_DIR)
+APPLETS_DIR:=$(TOPDIR)applets/
+endif
+
+APPLET_SRC:=applets.c busybox.c usage.c
+APPLET_OBJ:= $(patsubst %.c,$(APPLETS_DIR)%.o, $(APPLET_SRC))
+
+libraries-y+=$(APPLETS_DIR)$(APPLETS_AR)
+
+$(APPLETS_DIR)$(APPLETS_AR): $(APPLET_OBJ)
+	$(AR) -ro $@ $(APPLET_OBJ)
+