diff --git a/development/openocd/README b/development/openocd/README
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+OpenOCD is an on-chip debugging, in-system programming and boundary-scan
+testing tool for ARM systems. The debugger uses an IEEE 1149-1
+compliant JTAG TAP bus master to access on-chip debug functionality available
+on ARM based microcontrollers or system-on-chip solutions.
+
+User interaction is realized through a telnet command line interface, a
+gdb (the GNU debugger) remote protocol server.
+
+OpenOCD supports many different types of JTAG interfaces/programmers.
diff --git a/development/openocd/openocd.SlackBuild b/development/openocd/openocd.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for openocd
+
+# Written by thorsten johannvorderbrueggen <thorsten.johannvorderbrueggen@t-online.de>
+
+PRGNAM=openocd
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.8.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find -L . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --infodir=/usr/info \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+rm -f $PKG/usr/info/dir
+gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*.info*
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/development/openocd/openocd.info b/development/openocd/openocd.info
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+PRGNAM="openocd"
+VERSION="0.8.0"
+HOMEPAGE="http://openocd.sourceforge.net/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://sourceforge.net/projects/openocd/files/openocd/0.8.0/openocd-0.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="271086c0efe0c454db7ddb0f55ace218"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+REQUIRES=""
+MAINTAINER="tjohann"
+EMAIL="thorsten.johannvorderbrueggen@t-online.de"
diff --git a/development/openocd/slack-desc b/development/openocd/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
+
+       |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+openocd: openocd (jtag interface)
+openocd:
+openocd: OpenOCD is an on-chip debugging, in-system programming and
+openocd: boundary-scan testing tool for ARM systems.
+openocd:
+openocd:
+openocd: Homepage: http://openocd.sourceforge.net/
+openocd:
+openocd:
+openocd:
+openocd: