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+version=\
+(
+    '4.8'
+)
+
+url=\
+(
+    "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/strace/4.8/strace-$version.tar.xz"
+)
+
+md5=\
+(
+    'c575ef43829586801f514fd91bfe7575'
+)
+
+maintainer=\
+(
+    'Ricardo Martins <rasm@fe.up.pt>'
+)
+
+configure()
+{
+    "../strace-$version/configure" \
+        --prefix="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+        --target="$cfg_target_canonical" \
+        --host="$cfg_target_canonical" \
+        --build="$cfg_host_canonical" \
+        --disable-static \
+        --enable-shared
+}
+
+build()
+{
+    $cmd_make
+}
+
+host_install()
+{
+    $cmd_make install
+}
+
+target_install()
+{
+    $cmd_target_strip strace -o $cfg_dir_rootfs/usr/bin/strace
+}