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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use Fcntl;
+use POSIX;
+use strict;
+
+# simple pkgconfig goodness
+my $destdir;
+my $recursive = 0;
+my $assembler_out = 0;
+my %pkg_configs = ();
+my @pkg_config_paths = split(/:/, $ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH});
+push @pkg_config_paths, "/usr";
+
+# Stubify a shared library ...
+sub read_gen_symbols($$)
+{
+    my ($shlib, $fh) = @_;
+    my $obj;
+
+    print $fh "\t.file \"$shlib\"\n";
+    open $obj, "objdump -T $shlib|" || die "Can't objdump $shlib: $!";
+
+    while (my $line = <$obj>) {
+	$line =~ /([0-9a-f]*)\s+([gw ])\s+..\s+(\S*)\s*([0-9a-f]+)..............(.*)/ || next;
+	my ($address, $linkage, $type, $size, $symbol) = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5);
+
+	next if ($type eq '*UND*' || $type eq '*ABS*');
+
+#	print "Symbol '$symbol' type '$type' '$linkage' addr $address, size $size\n";
+
+	$symbol || die "no symbol for line $line";
+
+	next if ($symbol eq '_init' || $symbol eq '_fini');
+
+	$linkage =~ s/g//g;
+
+	my $progbits = '@progbits';
+	$progbits = '@nobits' if ($type eq '.bss');
+	print $fh "\t.section $type.$symbol,\"a".$linkage."G\",$progbits,$symbol,comdat\n";
+	print $fh ".globl $symbol\n";
+	print $fh "\t.type $symbol,";
+	if ($type eq '.text') {
+	    print $fh "\@function\n";
+	} else {
+	    print $fh "\@object\n";
+	}
+	print $fh "$symbol:\n";
+	if ($type eq '.text') {
+	    print $fh "\tret\n";
+	} else {
+	    my $isize = hex($size);
+	    print $fh "\t.size $symbol, $isize\n";
+	    for (my $i = 0; $i < $isize; $i++) {
+		print $fh "\t.byte 0\n";
+	    }
+	}
+	print $fh "\n";
+    }
+
+    close $obj;
+}
+
+sub stubify($$)
+{
+    my $shlib = shift;
+    my $output = shift;
+    my ($pipe, $tmpf);
+
+    my $tmpname;
+    do {
+	$tmpname = tmpnam();
+    } until sysopen($tmpf, $tmpname, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, 0666);
+    close($tmpf);
+
+    if ($assembler_out) {
+	open ($pipe, ">-");
+    } else {
+	open ($pipe, "| as -o $tmpname") || die "can't start assembler: $!";
+    }
+    read_gen_symbols ($shlib, $pipe);
+    close ($pipe) || die "Failed to assemble to: $tmpname: $!";
+
+    system ("gcc -shared -o $output $tmpname") && die "failed to exec gcc: $!";
+    unlink $tmpname;
+}
+
+sub help_exit()
+{
+    print "Usage: stubify <destdir> <pkg-config-names>\n";
+    print "Converts libraries into stubs, and bundles them and their pkg-config files\n";
+    print "into destdir\n";
+    print "  -R        stubbify and include all dependent pkgconfig files\n";
+    exit 1;
+}
+
+sub parse_pkgconfig($$)
+{
+    my $name = shift;
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $fh;
+    my %hash;
+    my @hashes;
+
+    print "parse $file\n";
+    open ($fh, $file) || die "Can't open $file: $!";
+    while (<$fh>) {
+	my ($key, $value);
+	if (/^\s*([^=]+)\s*=\s*([^=]+)\s*$/) {
+	    $key = $1; $value = $2;
+	} elsif (/^\s*([^:]+)\s*:\s*([^:]+)\s*$/) {
+	    $key = $1; $value = $2;
+	} elsif (/^\s*$/) {
+	    next;
+	} else {
+	    die "invalid pkgconfig line: $_\n";
+	}
+	chomp ($key); chomp ($value);
+	$hash{$key} = $value;
+    }
+    close ($fh);
+    for my $key (keys (%hash)) {
+	print "\t'$key'\t=\t'$hash{$key}'\n";
+    }
+
+    $hash{_Name} = $name;
+    $hash{_File} = $file;
+
+    push @hashes, \%hash;
+    if ($recursive &&
+	!defined $pkg_configs{$name} &&
+	defined $hash{Requires}) {
+	my @reqs = ();
+	for my $req (split (/[ ,]/, $hash{Requires})) {
+	    print "parse $req of $name\n";
+	    push @reqs, get_pc_files($req);
+	}
+	$hash{_Requires} = \@reqs;
+	push @hashes, @reqs;
+    }
+    $pkg_configs{$name} = \%hash;
+    return @hashes;
+}
+
+sub get_pc_files($)
+{
+    my $name = shift;
+    for my $prefix (@pkg_config_paths) {
+	my $path = "$prefix/lib/pkgconfig/$name.pc";
+	return parse_pkgconfig ($name,$path) if (-f $path);
+    }
+    die "Failed to find pkg-config file for $name";
+}
+
+# primitive substitution
+sub get_var($$)
+{
+    my ($pc, $var) = @_;
+    my $val = $pc->{"$var"};
+    while ($val =~ m/^(.*)\$\{\s*(\S+)\s*\}(.*)$/) {
+	$val = $1 . get_var($pc, $2). $3;
+    }
+    return $val;
+}
+
+sub copy_lib($@)
+{
+    my $lib = shift;
+    while (my $path = shift) {
+	my $name = "$path/$lib";
+	next if (! -f $name);
+
+	# need to run ldconfig post install ...
+	while (-l $name) {
+	    my $dir = $name;
+	    $dir =~ s/\/[^\/]*$//;
+	    my $link = readlink($name);
+	    if ($link =~ m/^\//) {
+		$name = $link;
+	    } else {
+		$name = "$dir/$link";
+	    }
+	}
+
+	# ignore /lib - they use monstrous symbol versioning
+	if ($name =~ m/^\/lib/) {
+	    print "\tskipping system library: $lib in $name\n";
+	    return;
+	}
+
+	stubify ($name, "$destdir/$name");
+    }
+}
+
+sub copy_and_stubify ($)
+{
+    my $pc = shift;
+
+    `mkdir -p $destdir/lib/pkgconfig`;
+    `mkdir -p $destdir/$pc->{libdir}` if (defined $pc->{libdir});
+    `mkdir -p $destdir/$pc->{includedir}` if (defined $pc->{includedir});
+
+    # copy .pc across - FIXME, may need to re-write paths
+    `cp -a $pc->{_File} $destdir/lib/pkgconfig`;
+
+    # copy includes across
+    my @includes = split (/ /, get_var ($pc, "Cflags"));
+    for my $arg (@includes) {
+	if ($arg =~ m/^-I(.*)$/) {
+	    my $srcdir = $1;
+	    if (! -d $srcdir || $srcdir eq '/usr/include') {
+		print "Warning: bogus include of '$srcdir' for pkg $pc->{_Name}\n";
+	    } else {
+		`mkdir -p $destdir/$srcdir`;
+		`cp -a $srcdir/* $destdir/$srcdir`;
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    # stubify libraries
+    my @libs = split (/ /, get_var ($pc, "Libs"));
+    my @libpath = ( "/lib", "/usr/lib" );
+    for my $arg (@libs) {
+	if ($arg =~ m/^-l(.*)$/) {
+	    my $lib = "lib".$1.".so";
+#	    print "lib $lib @libpath?\n";
+	    copy_lib ($lib, @libpath);
+	} elsif ($arg =~ m/^-L(.*)$/) {
+	    my $path = $1;
+	    push (@libpath, $path) if (! grep ($path, @libpath));
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+my @pcnames = ();
+my @tostub;
+
+for my $arg (@ARGV) {
+    if ($arg eq '--help' || $arg eq '-h') {
+	help_exit();
+    } elsif ($arg eq '-r' || $arg eq '-R') {
+	$recursive = 1;
+    } elsif (!defined $destdir) {
+	$destdir = $arg;
+    } else {
+	push @pcnames, $arg;
+    }
+}
+
+help_exit() if (!defined $destdir);
+`mkdir -p $destdir`;
+
+for my $name (@pcnames) {
+    push @tostub, get_pc_files($name);
+}
+print "stubify: ";
+select STDERR; $| = 1;
+for my $pc (@tostub) {
+    print " " . $pc->{_Name} . "\n";
+    copy_and_stubify ($pc);
+}
+print "\n";