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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - http://www.libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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.
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="iw"
+PKG_VERSION="4.3"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="PUBLIC_DOMAIN"
+PKG_SITE="http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw"
+PKG_URL="https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libnl"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="tools"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices"
+PKG_LONGDESC="iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. It supports all new drivers that have been added to the kernel recently."
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  # iw fails at runtime with lto enabled
+  strip_lto
+
+  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  : # meh
+}