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+# We want native packages to be relocatable
+inherit relocatable
+
+# Native packages are built indirectly via dependency,
+# no need for them to be a direct target of 'world'
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
+
+PACKAGES = ""
+PACKAGES_class-native = ""
+PACKAGES_DYNAMIC = ""
+PACKAGES_DYNAMIC_class-native = ""
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${BUILD_ARCH}"
+
+# used by cmake class
+OECMAKE_RPATH = "${libdir}"
+OECMAKE_RPATH_class-native = "${libdir}"
+
+# When this class has packaging enabled, setting 
+# RPROVIDES becomes unnecessary.
+RPROVIDES = "${PN}"
+
+TARGET_ARCH = "${BUILD_ARCH}"
+TARGET_OS = "${BUILD_OS}"
+TARGET_VENDOR = "${BUILD_VENDOR}"
+TARGET_PREFIX = "${BUILD_PREFIX}"
+TARGET_CC_ARCH = "${BUILD_CC_ARCH}"
+TARGET_LD_ARCH = "${BUILD_LD_ARCH}"
+TARGET_AS_ARCH = "${BUILD_AS_ARCH}"
+TARGET_CPPFLAGS = "${BUILD_CPPFLAGS}"
+TARGET_CFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
+TARGET_CXXFLAGS = "${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}"
+TARGET_LDFLAGS = "${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
+TARGET_FPU = ""
+
+HOST_ARCH = "${BUILD_ARCH}"
+HOST_OS = "${BUILD_OS}"
+HOST_VENDOR = "${BUILD_VENDOR}"
+HOST_PREFIX = "${BUILD_PREFIX}"
+HOST_CC_ARCH = "${BUILD_CC_ARCH}"
+HOST_LD_ARCH = "${BUILD_LD_ARCH}"
+HOST_AS_ARCH = "${BUILD_AS_ARCH}"
+
+CPPFLAGS = "${BUILD_CPPFLAGS}"
+CFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
+CXXFLAGS = "${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
+LDFLAGS = "${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"
+LDFLAGS_build-darwin = "-L${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE} "
+
+STAGING_BINDIR = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}"
+STAGING_BINDIR_CROSS = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}"
+
+# native pkg doesn't need the TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS.
+TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS = ""
+
+DEPENDS_GETTEXT = "gettext-native"
+
+# Don't build ptest natively
+PTEST_ENABLED = "0"
+
+# Don't use site files for native builds
+export CONFIG_SITE = "${COREBASE}/meta/site/native"
+
+# set the compiler as well. It could have been set to something else
+export CC = "${BUILD_CC}"
+export CXX = "${BUILD_CXX}"
+export FC = "${BUILD_FC}"
+export CPP = "${BUILD_CPP}"
+export LD = "${BUILD_LD}"
+export CCLD = "${BUILD_CCLD}"
+export AR = "${BUILD_AR}"
+export AS = "${BUILD_AS}"
+export RANLIB = "${BUILD_RANLIB}"
+export STRIP = "${BUILD_STRIP}"
+export NM = "${BUILD_NM}"
+
+# Path prefixes
+base_prefix = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}"
+prefix = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${prefix_native}"
+exec_prefix = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${prefix_native}"
+
+bindir = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}"
+sbindir = "${STAGING_SBINDIR_NATIVE}"
+libdir = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}"
+includedir = "${STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE}"
+sysconfdir = "${STAGING_ETCDIR_NATIVE}"
+datadir = "${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}"
+
+baselib = "lib"
+
+# Libtool's default paths are correct for the native machine
+lt_cv_sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec[unexport] = "1"
+
+NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX ?= ""
+bindir .= "${NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX}"
+libdir .= "${NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX}"
+libexecdir .= "${NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX}"
+
+do_populate_sysroot[sstate-inputdirs] = "${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}/${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/"
+do_populate_sysroot[sstate-outputdirs] = "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/"
+
+# Since we actually install these into situ there is no staging prefix
+STAGING_DIR_HOST = ""
+STAGING_DIR_TARGET = ""
+PKG_CONFIG_DIR = "${libdir}/pkgconfig"
+
+EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH ?= ""
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH .= "${EXTRA_NATIVE_PKGCONFIG_PATH}"
+PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR = ""
+
+# we dont want libc-uclibc or libc-glibc to kick in for native recipes
+LIBCOVERRIDE = ""
+CLASSOVERRIDE = "class-native"
+MACHINEOVERRIDES = ""
+
+PATH_prepend = "${COREBASE}/scripts/native-intercept:"
+
+python native_virtclass_handler () {
+    classextend = e.data.getVar('BBCLASSEXTEND', True) or ""
+    if "native" not in classextend:
+        return
+
+    pn = e.data.getVar("PN", True)
+    if not pn.endswith("-native"):
+        return
+
+    def map_dependencies(varname, d, suffix = ""):
+        if suffix:
+            varname = varname + "_" + suffix
+        deps = d.getVar(varname, True)
+        if not deps:
+            return
+        deps = bb.utils.explode_deps(deps)
+        newdeps = []
+        for dep in deps:
+            if dep == pn:
+                continue
+            elif "-cross-" in dep:
+                newdeps.append(dep.replace("-cross", "-native"))
+            elif not dep.endswith("-native"):
+                newdeps.append(dep + "-native")
+            else:
+                newdeps.append(dep)
+        d.setVar(varname, " ".join(newdeps))
+
+    e.data.setVar("OVERRIDES", e.data.getVar("OVERRIDES", False) + ":virtclass-native")
+
+    map_dependencies("DEPENDS", e.data)
+    for pkg in [e.data.getVar("PN", True), "", "${PN}"]:
+        map_dependencies("RDEPENDS", e.data, pkg)
+        map_dependencies("RRECOMMENDS", e.data, pkg)
+        map_dependencies("RSUGGESTS", e.data, pkg)
+        map_dependencies("RPROVIDES", e.data, pkg)
+        map_dependencies("RREPLACES", e.data, pkg)
+
+    provides = e.data.getVar("PROVIDES", True)
+    nprovides = []
+    for prov in provides.split():
+        if prov.find(pn) != -1:
+            nprovides.append(prov)
+        elif not prov.endswith("-native"):
+            nprovides.append(prov.replace(prov, prov + "-native"))
+        else:
+            nprovides.append(prov)
+    e.data.setVar("PROVIDES", ' '.join(nprovides))
+
+
+}
+
+addhandler native_virtclass_handler
+native_virtclass_handler[eventmask] = "bb.event.RecipePreFinalise"
+
+deltask package
+deltask packagedata
+deltask package_qa
+deltask package_write_ipk
+deltask package_write_deb
+deltask package_write_rpm
+deltask package_write
+
+do_packagedata[stamp-extra-info] = ""
+do_populate_sysroot[stamp-extra-info] = ""
+
+USE_NLS = "no"