diff --git a/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/LICENSE b/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/LICENSE
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+++ b/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/LICENSE
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+Copyright © 2005-2020 Rich Felker, et al.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/build.sh b/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/build.sh
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+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/sem_overview.7.html
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Shared library for the posix semaphore system function"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.1
+TERMUX_PKG_SKIP_SRC_EXTRACT=true
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+
+termux_step_make() {
+	$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -DPREFIX="\"$TERMUX_PREFIX\"" \
+		-c $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/semaphore.c
+	$CC $LDFLAGS -shared semaphore.o -o libandroid-posix-semaphore.so
+	$AR rcu libandroid-posix-semaphore.a semaphore.o
+	cp -f $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/LICENSE $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/
+}
+
+termux_step_make_install() {
+	install -Dm600 libandroid-posix-semaphore.a $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/libandroid-posix-semaphore.a
+	install -Dm600 libandroid-posix-semaphore.so $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/libandroid-posix-semaphore.so
+}
diff --git a/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/semaphore.c b/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/semaphore.c
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index 0000000000..3e41c40c7d
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+++ b/packages/libandroid-posix-semaphore/semaphore.c
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+/* This file is a port of posix named semaphore for Termux Android, 
+   based on musl-libc which is licensed under the standard MIT license. 
+   The ported files are listed as following.
+
+   File(s): src/thread/sem_open.c
+            src/thread/sem_unlink.c
+
+   Copyright © 2005-2020 Rich Felker, et al.
+
+   Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+   a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+   "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+   without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+   distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+   permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+   the following conditions:
+
+   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+   included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+   EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+   MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+   IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+   CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+   TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+   SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <semaphore.h> // sem_t, sem_init()
+#include <sys/mman.h>  // mmap(), munmap()
+#include <limits.h>    // SEM_NSEMS_MAX, NAME_MAX, INT_MAX
+#include <fcntl.h>     // open()
+#include <unistd.h>    // write(), close(), unlink()
+#include <string.h>    // strlen(), memcpy()
+#include <stdarg.h>    // va_arg
+#include <errno.h>     // errno
+#include <sys/stat.h>  // fstat()
+#include <stdlib.h>    // calloc()
+#include <pthread.h>   // mutex
+
+#ifndef SEM_NSEMS_MAX
+#define SEM_NSEMS_MAX 256
+#endif // !SEM_NSEMS_MAX
+
+#ifndef PREFIX
+#define PREFIX "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr"
+#endif
+
+static __inline__ char *__strchrnul(const char *s, int c)
+{
+    c = (unsigned char)c;
+    if (!c) return (char *)s + strlen(s);
+    for (; *s && *(unsigned char *)s != c; s++);
+    return (char *)s;
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+    ino_t ino;
+    sem_t *sem;
+    int refcnt;
+} semtab_type;
+
+static semtab_type *semtab;
+static pthread_mutex_t lock;
+
+#define LOCK(l) (pthread_mutex_lock(&l))
+#define UNLOCK(l) (pthread_mutex_unlock(&l))
+
+#define FLAGS (O_RDWR|O_NOFOLLOW|O_CLOEXEC|O_NONBLOCK)
+
+static char *__sem_mapname(const char *name, char *buf)
+{
+    char *p;
+    while (*name == '/') name++;
+    if (*(p = __strchrnul(name, '/')) || p==name ||
+        (p-name <= 2 && name[0]=='.' && p[-1]=='.')) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (p-name > NAME_MAX-4) {
+        errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
+        return 0;
+    }
+    memcpy(buf, PREFIX"/tmp/sem.", 40);
+    memcpy(buf+40, name, p-name+1);
+    return buf;
+}
+
+sem_t *sem_open(const char *name, int flags, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    mode_t mode;
+    unsigned value;
+    int fd, i, slot, cnt;
+    sem_t newsem;
+    void *map;
+    struct stat st;
+    char buf[NAME_MAX+41];
+
+    if (!(name = __sem_mapname(name, buf)))
+        return SEM_FAILED;
+
+    LOCK(lock);
+    /* Allocate table if we don't have one yet */
+    if (!semtab && !(semtab = (semtab_type *)(calloc(SEM_NSEMS_MAX, sizeof *semtab)))) {
+        UNLOCK(lock);
+        return SEM_FAILED;
+    }
+
+    /* Reserve a slot in case this semaphore is not mapped yet;
+     * this is necessary because there is no way to handle
+     * failures after creation of the file. */
+    slot = -1;
+    for (cnt=i=0; i<SEM_NSEMS_MAX; i++) {
+        cnt += semtab[i].refcnt;
+        if (!semtab[i].sem && slot < 0) slot = i;
+    }
+    /* Avoid possibility of overflow later */
+    if (cnt == INT_MAX || slot < 0) {
+        errno = EMFILE;
+        UNLOCK(lock);
+        return SEM_FAILED;
+    }
+
+    /* Dummy pointer to make a reservation */
+    semtab[slot].sem = (sem_t *)-1;
+    UNLOCK(lock);
+    
+    /* Only O_CREAT and O_EXCL are useful */
+    flags &= (O_CREAT|O_EXCL);
+
+    /* Get a file descriptor. */
+    switch (flags) {
+    case 0:
+        /* There is no flag specified in oflag. Just open the existing semaphore.  
+         * If a semaphore with the given name doesn't exist, return an error. */
+        {
+            if ((fd = open(name, FLAGS)) < 0) {
+                goto fail;
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+    case O_CREAT:
+        /* If only O_CREAT is specified in oflag, then the semaphore is 
+         * created if it does not already exist. If a semaphore with the
+         * given name already exists, then mode and value are ignored. */
+        {
+            /* Try to access and open this file. */
+            if (access(name, F_OK) == 0) {
+                if ((fd = open(name, FLAGS)) < 0) {
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+            /* Fall back to creation. */
+        }
+    case O_CREAT|O_EXCL:
+        /* If both O_CREAT and O_EXCL are specified in oflag, then an error
+         * is returned if a semaphore with the given name already exists. */
+        {
+            /* Initialize a semaphore. */
+            va_start(ap, flags);
+            mode = va_arg(ap, mode_t) & 0666;
+            value = va_arg(ap, unsigned);
+            va_end(ap);
+            if (sem_init(&newsem, 1, value) < 0) goto fail;
+            /* Create a new file. */
+            fd = open(name, (O_CREAT|O_EXCL)|FLAGS, mode);
+            if (fd < 0) goto fail;
+            /* Write the semaphore to the file. */
+            if (write(fd, &newsem, sizeof newsem) != sizeof newsem) {
+                close(fd);
+                unlink(name);
+                goto fail;
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+    case O_EXCL:
+        /* In general, the behavior of O_EXCL is undefined if it is
+         * used without O_CREAT. So just make it an error. */
+    default:
+        // Should never get here.
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    
+    /* Do fstat and mmap. */
+    if (fstat(fd, &st) < 0 || (map = mmap(0, sizeof(sem_t), PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0)) == MAP_FAILED) {
+        close(fd);
+        unlink(name);
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* Close the file descriptor. */
+    close(fd);
+
+    /* See if the newly mapped semaphore is already mapped. If
+     * so, unmap the new mapping and use the existing one. Otherwise,
+     * add it to the table of mapped semaphores. */
+    LOCK(lock);
+    for (i=0; i<SEM_NSEMS_MAX && semtab[i].ino != st.st_ino; i++);
+    if (i<SEM_NSEMS_MAX) {
+        munmap(map, sizeof(sem_t));
+        semtab[slot].sem = 0;
+        slot = i;
+        map = semtab[i].sem;
+    }
+    semtab[slot].refcnt++;
+    semtab[slot].sem = (sem_t *)(map);
+    semtab[slot].ino = st.st_ino;
+    UNLOCK(lock);
+    return (sem_t *)(map);
+
+fail:
+    LOCK(lock);
+    /* Recovery the unused reservation. */
+    semtab[slot].sem = 0;
+    UNLOCK(lock);
+    return SEM_FAILED;
+}
+
+int sem_close(sem_t *sem)
+{
+    int i;
+    LOCK(lock);
+    for (i=0; i<SEM_NSEMS_MAX && semtab[i].sem != sem; i++);
+    if (i == SEM_NSEMS_MAX) {
+        errno = EINVAL;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (--semtab[i].refcnt) {
+        UNLOCK(lock);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    semtab[i].sem = 0;
+    semtab[i].ino = 0;
+    UNLOCK(lock);
+    munmap(sem, sizeof *sem);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int sem_unlink(const char *name)
+{
+    char buf[NAME_MAX+41];
+    if (!(name = __sem_mapname(name, buf))) return -1;
+    return unlink(name);
+}