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+#
+# This class is used for architecture independent recipes/data files (usally scripts)
+#
+
+# Expand STAGING_DIR_HOST since for cross-canadian/native/nativesdk, this will
+# point elsewhere after these changes.
+STAGING_DIR_HOST := "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}"
+
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "all"
+
+python () {
+    # Allow this class to be included but overridden - only set
+    # the values if we're still "all" package arch.
+    if d.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCH", True) == "all":
+        # No need for virtual/libc or a cross compiler
+        d.setVar("INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS","1")
+
+        # Set these to a common set of values, we shouldn't be using them other that for WORKDIR directory
+        # naming anyway
+        d.setVar("TARGET_ARCH", "allarch")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_OS", "linux")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_CC_ARCH", "none")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_LD_ARCH", "none")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_AS_ARCH", "none")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_FPU", "")
+        d.setVar("TARGET_PREFIX", "")
+        d.setVar("PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS", "")
+        d.setVar("SDK_ARCH", "none")
+        d.setVar("SDK_CC_ARCH", "none")
+
+        # Avoid this being unnecessarily different due to nuances of
+        # the target machine that aren't important for "all" arch
+        # packages.
+        d.setVar("LDFLAGS", "")
+
+        # No need to do shared library processing or debug symbol handling
+        d.setVar("EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS", "1")
+        d.setVar("INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT", "1")
+        d.setVar("INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP", "1")
+    elif bb.data.inherits_class('packagegroup', d) and not bb.data.inherits_class('nativesdk', d):
+        bb.error("Please ensure recipe %s sets PACKAGE_ARCH before inherit packagegroup" % d.getVar("FILE", True))
+}
+