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+############################################################
+#
+# nasm
+#
+# This is special case: nasm is used to build syslinux and
+# pxelinux. As these are for the target, we should cross-compile
+# nasm. However, as nasm is x86-only, there's no point in
+# cross-compiling it. So we just build it for the host. The target
+# variant is only provided because of a bug in the package
+# infrastructure that prevents having only a host variant.
+############################################################
+
+NASM_VERSION=2.08.01
+NASM_SOURCE=nasm-$(NASM_VERSION).tar.bz2
+NASM_SITE=http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.08.01/
+NASM_LIBTOOL_PATCH=NO
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,nasm))
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,nasm,host))