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+BPV ?= "${PV}"
+
+DEPENDS += " \
+    ruby-native \
+"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
+    ruby \
+"
+
+def get_rubyversion(p):
+    import re
+    from os.path import isfile
+    import subprocess
+    found_version = "SOMETHING FAILED!"
+
+    cmd = "%s/ruby" % p
+
+    if not isfile(cmd):
+       return found_version
+
+    version = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "--version"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    
+    r = re.compile("ruby ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)*")
+    m = r.match(version)
+    if m:
+        found_version = m.group(1)
+
+    return found_version
+
+def get_rubygemslocation(p):
+    import re
+    from os.path import isfile
+    import subprocess
+    found_loc = "SOMETHING FAILED!"
+
+    cmd = "%s/gem" % p
+
+    if not isfile(cmd):
+       return found_loc
+
+    loc = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "env"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+
+    r = re.compile(".*\- (/usr.*/ruby/gems/.*)")
+    for line in loc.split('\n'):
+        m = r.match(line)
+        if m:
+            found_loc = m.group(1)
+            break
+
+    return found_loc
+
+def get_rubygemsversion(p):
+    import re
+    from os.path import isfile
+    import subprocess
+    found_version = "SOMETHING FAILED!"
+
+    cmd = "%s/gem" % p
+
+    if not isfile(cmd):
+       return found_version
+
+    version = subprocess.Popen([cmd, "env", "gemdir"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+    
+    r = re.compile(".*([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)$")
+    m = r.match(version)
+    if m:
+        found_version = m.group(1)
+
+    return found_version
+
+RUBY_VERSION ?= "${@get_rubyversion("${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}")}"
+RUBY_GEM_DIRECTORY ?= "${@get_rubygemslocation("${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}")}"
+RUBY_GEM_VERSION ?= "${@get_rubygemsversion("${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}")}"
+
+export GEM_HOME = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/usr/lib/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}"
+
+RUBY_BUILD_GEMS ?= "${BPN}.gemspec"
+RUBY_INSTALL_GEMS ?= "${BPN}-${BPV}.gem"
+
+RUBY_COMPILE_FLAGS ?= 'LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"'
+
+ruby_do_compile() {
+	for gem in ${RUBY_BUILD_GEMS}; do
+		${RUBY_COMPILE_FLAGS} gem build $gem
+	done
+}
+
+
+ruby_do_install() {
+	for gem in ${RUBY_INSTALL_GEMS}; do
+		gem install --ignore-dependencies --local --env-shebang --install-dir ${D}/${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/ $gem
+	done
+
+	# create symlink from the gems bin directory to /usr/bin
+	for i in ${D}/${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/bin/*; do
+		if [ -e "$i" ]; then
+			if [ ! -d ${D}/${bindir} ]; then mkdir -p ${D}/${bindir}; fi
+			b=`basename $i`
+			ln -sf ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/bin/$b ${D}/${bindir}/$b
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
+
+PACKAGES = "${PN}-dbg ${PN} ${PN}-doc ${PN}-dev"
+
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += " \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/gems/*/*/.debug \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/gems/*/*/*/.debug \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/gems/*/*/*/*/.debug \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/gems/*/*/*/*/*/.debug \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/extensions/*/*/.debug \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/extensions/*/*/*/.debug \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/extensions/*/*/*/*/.debug \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/extensions/*/*/*/*/*/.debug \
+        "
+
+FILES_${PN} += " \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/gems \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/cache \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/bin \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/specifications \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/build_info \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/extensions \
+        "
+
+FILES_${PN}-doc += " \
+        ${libdir}/ruby/gems/${RUBY_GEM_VERSION}/doc \
+        "