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+#############################################################
+#
+# procps
+#
+#############################################################
+PROCPS_SOURCE=procps-3.2.1.tar.gz
+PROCPS_SITE=http://procps.sourceforge.net/
+PROCPS_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/procps-3.2.1
+PROCPS_BINARY=ps/ps
+PROCPS_TARGET_BINARY=usr/bin/vmstat
+
+$(DL_DIR)/$(PROCPS_SOURCE):
+	$(WGET) -P $(DL_DIR) $(PROCPS_SITE)/$(PROCPS_SOURCE)
+
+$(PROCPS_DIR)/.source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PROCPS_SOURCE)
+	zcat $(DL_DIR)/$(PROCPS_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) -xvf -
+	touch $(PROCPS_DIR)/.source
+
+$(PROCPS_DIR)/$(PROCPS_BINARY): $(PROCPS_DIR)/.source
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(PROCPS_DIR)
+
+$(TARGET_DIR)/$(PROCPS_TARGET_BINARY): $(PROCPS_DIR)/$(PROCPS_BINARY)
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) \
+		install='install -D' -C $(PROCPS_DIR) \
+		ldconfig='bin/true' install
+	rm -Rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man
+
+procps: uclibc ncurses $(TARGET_DIR)/$(PROCPS_TARGET_BINARY)
+
+procps-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PROCPS_SOURCE)
+
+procps-clean:
+	$(MAKE) prefix=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr -C $(PROCPS_DIR) uninstall
+	-$(MAKE) -C $(PROCPS_DIR) clean
+
+procps-dirclean:
+	rm -rf $(PROCPS_DIR)
+