diff --git a/packages/textproc/xerces-c/build b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/build
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+++ b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/build
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build curl
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --disable-static \
+            --enable-shared \
+            --enable-netaccessor-curl \
+            --enable-netaccessor-socket \
+            --enable-netaccessor-cfurl \
+            --enable-netaccessor-winsock \
+            --enable-transcoder-gnuiconv \
+            --enable-transcoder-iconv \
+            --disable-transcoder-icu \
+            --enable-transcoder-macosunicodeconverter \
+            --enable-transcoder-windows \
+            --enable-msgloader-inmemory \
+            --disable-msgloader-icu \
+            --enable-msgloader-iconv \
+
+make
+
+$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/textproc/xerces-c/install b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/install
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+++ b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/install
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/install curl
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/src/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/textproc/xerces-c/url b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/url
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+++ b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/apache/dist/xerces/c/3/sources/xerces-c-3.1.1.tar.gz
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