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+################################################################################
+#
+# erlang-rebar
+#
+################################################################################
+
+ERLANG_REBAR_VERSION = 2.5.1
+
+# Upstream publishes a release, but we can not use it as it is a release of
+# a generated rebar script, when we want the sources. So we have to use the
+# gihub helper in this case.
+ERLANG_REBAR_SITE = $(call github,rebar,rebar,$(ERLANG_REBAR_VERSION))
+
+# Although the file LICENSE state Apache-2.0, a lot (if not all) the files
+# in src/ bear the MIT licence.
+ERLANG_LICENSE = Apache-2.0, MIT
+ERLANG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+# We do not have a target variant, so just define the dependencies,
+# configure and build commands for the host variant.
+HOST_ERLANG_REBAR_DEPENDENCIES = host-erlang
+
+define HOST_ERLANG_REBAR_BUILD_CMDS
+	cd $(@D) && $(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE)
+endef
+
+define HOST_ERLANG_REBAR_INSTALL_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/rebar $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/rebar
+endef
+
+$(eval $(host-generic-package))