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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2022-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="hwdata"
+PKG_VERSION="0.365"
+PKG_SHA256="d6ae2436a69c6f5e04d926f5d753a99d90deb864065a2e2f8a8eda87b70dcdd5"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/vcrhonek/hwdata/archive/refs/tags/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="hwdata contains various hardware identification and configuration data, such as the pci.ids and usb.ids databases"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+# hwdata fails to build in subdirs
+  cd ${PKG_BUILD}
+    rm -rf .${TARGET_NAME}
+
+    sed -i "s&@prefix@|&@prefix@|${PKG_INSTALL}&" Makefile
+    sed -i "s&prefix=@prefix@&prefix=/usr&" hwdata.pc.in
+}