diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+#
+#    Copyright (c) 2012 Nest Labs, Inc.
+#    All rights reserved.
+#
+#    This document is the property of Nest. It is considered
+#    confidential and proprietary information.
+#
+#    This document may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form,
+#    in whole or in part, without the express written permission of
+#    Nest.
+#
+#    Description:
+#      This file is the make file for popt, a library for parsing
+#      command-line arguments.
+#
+
+
+include pre.mak
+
+PackageName		:= popt
+
+PackageExtension	:= tar.gz
+PackageSeparator	:= -
+
+PackagePatchArgs	:= -p1
+
+PackageArchive		:= $(PackageName).$(PackageExtension)
+PackageSourceDir	:= $(PackageName)$(PackageSeparator)$(PackageVersion)
+
+PackageBuildMakefile	= $(call GenerateBuildPaths,Makefile)
+
+LicenseSourceFile	:= $(PackageSourceDir)/COPYING
+
+CleanPaths		+= $(PackageLicenseFile)
+
+SOURCEDIRS                      = $(PackageSourceDir)
+$(PackageSourceDir)_RULE_TARGET = $(BuildDirectory)/configure
+
+all: $(PackageDefaultGoal)
+
+# Generate the package license contents.
+
+$(LicenseSourceFile): $(BuildDirectory)/source
+
+$(PackageLicenseFile): $(LicenseSourceFile)
+	$(copy-result)
+
+# Extract the source from the archive and apply patches, if any.
+
+$(PackageSourceDir): $(PackageArchive) $(PackagePatchPaths)
+	$(expand-and-patch-package)
+
+# Prepare the sources.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/source: | $(PackageSourceDir)
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Patch the sources, if necessary.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/patch: $(BuildDirectory)/source
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Generate the package build makefile.
+
+# Configure the source for building.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/configure: $(BuildDirectory)/source | $(PackageSourceDir) $(BuildDirectory) $(ResultDirectory)
+	$(Verbose)cd $(BuildDirectory) && \
+	$(CURDIR)/$(PackageSourceDir)/configure \
+	CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" AR=$(AR) NM=$(NM) RANLIB=$(RANLIB) STRIP=$(STRIP) \
+	INSTALL="$(INSTALL) $(INSTALLFLAGS)" \
+	--build=$(HostTuple) \
+	--host=$(TargetTuple) \
+	--prefix=/usr \
+	--sysconfdir=/etc \
+	--localstatedir=/var \
+	--disable-static
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Build the source.
+#
+# We have to unset MAKEFLAGS since they confuse the package build otherwise.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/build: $(BuildDirectory)/configure
+	$(Verbose)unset MAKEFLAGS && \
+	$(MAKE) $(JOBSFLAG) -C $(BuildDirectory) \
+	all
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Stage the build to a temporary installation area.
+#
+# We have to unset MAKEFLAGS since they confuse the package build otherwise.
+#
+# We explictly remove 'libpopt.la' because some packages that depend
+# on expat use libtool. If libtool finds a '*.la' file for a library,
+# it uses the value of 'libdir=<dir>' it finds. In our case, since
+# '--prefix=/usr' this value is '/usr/lib'. It then resolves '-lexpat'
+# to '/usr/lib/libpopt.so'. In a cross-compilation environment, this
+# is likely to be neither the right architecture nor the right
+# version to link against. In short, we lose.
+#
+# We could also handle this by removing DESTDIR and setting the prefix
+# to $(ResultDirectory); however, that results in libtool hard-coding
+# $(ResultDirectory) as the RPATH in the linked executables which is
+# NOT what we want either. We lose again.
+#
+# By removing the '*.la' file, we win by ensuring neither a
+# misdirected link nor an RPATH.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/stage: $(BuildDirectory)/build | $(ResultDirectory)
+	$(Verbose)unset MAKEFLAGS && \
+	$(MAKE) $(JOBSFLAG) -C $(BuildDirectory) \
+	DESTDIR=$(ResultDirectory) \
+	install
+	$(Verbose)$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) $(call GenerateResultPaths,,usr/lib/libpopt.la)
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+.PHONY: stage
+stage: $(BuildDirectory)/stage
+
+clean:
+	$(Verbose)$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) -r $(PackageSourceDir)
+	$(Verbose)$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) -r $(BuildDirectory)
+	$(Verbose)$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) -r $(ResultDirectory)
+
+include post.mak
diff --git a/popt.tar.gz b/popt.tar.gz
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+++ b/popt.tar.gz
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diff --git a/popt.url b/popt.url
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+http://rpm5.org/files/popt/popt-1.16.tar.gz
diff --git a/popt.version b/popt.version
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+1.16