+# Generates a make statement to return a wildcard for candidate ipkg files
+# 1: package name
+define gen_ipkg_wildcard
+ $(1)$$(if $$(filter -%,$$(ABIV_$(1))),,[^a-z-])*
+endef
+
+# 1: package name
+# 2: candidate ipk files
+define remove_ipkg_files
+ $(if $(strip $(2)),$(IPKG_REMOVE) $(1) $(2))
+endef
+