diff --git a/gettext017/build.sh b/gettext017/build.sh
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+++ b/gettext017/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a generic build.sh script
+# It can be used nearly unmodified with many packages
+# 
+# build.sh helper functions
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/build.sh.functions
+#
+###########################################################
+# Check the following 4 variables before running the script
+topdir=gettext
+version=0.17
+pkgver=1
+source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.gz
+# If there are no patches, simply comment this
+#patch[0]=
+
+# Source function library
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/buildpkg.functions
+
+# Global settings
+export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
+configure_args="$configure_args --with-libiconv-prefix=$prefix --disable-java --disable-openmp"
+
+reg prep
+prep()
+{
+    generic_prep
+}
+
+reg build
+build()
+{
+    generic_build
+}
+
+reg check
+check()
+{
+    generic_check
+}
+
+reg install
+install()
+{
+    generic_install DESTDIR
+    doc NEWS README COPYING
+}
+
+reg pack
+pack()
+{
+    generic_pack
+}
+
+reg distclean
+distclean()
+{
+    clean distclean
+}
+
+###################################################
+# No need to look below here
+###################################################
+build_sh $*
diff --git a/gettext017/meta/depend b/gettext017/meta/depend
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+++ b/gettext017/meta/depend
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+TGCgtextd gettext auto
diff --git a/gettext017/meta/pkgdef b/gettext017/meta/pkgdef
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+++ b/gettext017/meta/pkgdef
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+[gettext]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}gtext"
+name="gettext - GNU gettext"
+pkgcat="system"
+pkgvendor="http://directory.fsf.org/gettext.html"
+pkgdesc="Tools to produce multi-lingual messages"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+default_docs
+$_bindir/envsubst
+$_bindir/ngettext
+$_bindir/gettext
+$_bindir/gettext.sh
+$_libdir/libintl.so.8*
+$_libdir/libasprintf.so.0*
+$_mandir/man1/envsubst.1*
+$_mandir/man1/ngettext.1*
+$_mandir/man1/gettext.1*
+$_sharedir/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
+$_sharedir/locale/locale.alias
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/envsubst.1.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/ngettext.1.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/gettext.1.html
+
+[gettext-devel]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}gtextd"
+name="gettext-devel - GNU gettext development support"
+pkgcat="system"
+pkgvendor="http://directory.fsf.org/gettext.html"
+pkgdesc="Tools to produce multi-lingual messages"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+$_bindir/autopoint
+$_bindir/gettextize
+$_bindir/msg*
+$_bindir/recode*
+$_bindir/xgettext
+$_includedir
+$_libdir/*.a
+$_libdir/libgettext*.so*
+$_libdir/libasprintf.so
+$_libdir/libintl.so
+$_libdir/gettext
+$_mandir/man1/msg*.1*
+$_mandir/man1/gettextize.1*
+$_mandir/man1/autopoint.1*
+$_mandir/man1/recode*.1*
+$_mandir/man1/xgettext.1*
+$_mandir/man3
+$_sharedir/aclocal
+$_infodir
+$_sharedir/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/*.3.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/msg*.1.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/autopoint.1.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/gettextize.1.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/xgettext.1.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/recode*.1.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/gettext_*.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/examples
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/csharpdoc
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/javadoc2
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/FAQ.html
+$_sharedir/doc/gettext/tutorial.html
+$_sharedir/doc/libasprintf
+$_sharedir/gettext
+
diff --git a/gettext017/meta/relnotes b/gettext017/meta/relnotes
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+++ b/gettext017/meta/relnotes
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+PACKAGE DETAILS
+---------------
+Name:	    %%PKGNAME%%
+Version:    %%SOURCE_AND_VER%%
+Vendor:	    %%VENDOR%%
+Packager:   %%PKGEDBY%%
+
+Source (sha1sum):
+%%SOURCE_SHA1SUM%%
+
+BUILD DETAILS
+-------------
+Compiler:
+%%COMPILER%%
+
+Environment:
+%%ENVIRONMENT%%
+
+Configure:
+%%CONFIGURE%%
+
+KNOWN DEPENDENCIES
+------------------
+%%DEPENDENCIES%%
+
+ERRORS/MISCELLANEOUS
+--------------------