diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-3.1-native_3.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-3.1-native_3.1.bb
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-3.1-native_3.1.bb
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+require docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
+
+LICENSE = "OASIS"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE-OASIS;md5=c608985dd5f7f215e669e7639a0b1d2e"
+
+DTD_VERSION = "3.1"
+
+PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
+
+# Note: the upstream sources are not distributed with a license file.
+# LICENSE-OASIS is included as a "patch" to workaround this. When
+# upgrading this recipe, please verify whether this is still needed.
+SRC_URI = "http://www.docbook.org/sgml/3.1/docbk31.zip \
+           file://LICENSE-OASIS"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "432749c0c806dbae81c8bcb70da3b5d3"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "20261d2771b9a052abfa3d8fab1aa62be05791a010281c566f9073bf0e644538"
+
+do_compile() {
+	# Refer to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/pst/sgml-dtd-3.html
+	# for details.
+	sed -i -e '/ISO 8879/d' -e 's|DTDDECL "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"|SGMLDECL|g' docbook.cat
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.1-native_4.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.1-native_4.1.bb
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.1-native_4.1.bb
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+require docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
+
+LICENSE = "OASIS"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE-OASIS;md5=c608985dd5f7f215e669e7639a0b1d2e"
+
+DTD_VERSION = "4.1"
+
+PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
+
+# Note: the upstream sources are not distributed with a license file.
+# LICENSE-OASIS is included as a "patch" to workaround this. When
+# upgrading this recipe, please verify whether this is still needed.
+SRC_URI = "http://docbook.org/sgml/4.1/docbk41.zip \
+           file://LICENSE-OASIS"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "489f6ff2a2173eb1e14216c10533ede2"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "deaafcf0a3677692e7ad4412c0e41c1db3e9da6cdcdb3dd32b2cc1f9c97d6311"
+
+do_compile() {
+	# Refer to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/pst/sgml-dtd.html
+	# for details.
+	sed -i -e '/ISO 8879/d' -e '/gml/d' docbook.cat
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.5-native.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.5-native.bb
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-4.5-native.bb
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+require docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
+
+LICENSE = "OASIS"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE-OASIS;md5=c608985dd5f7f215e669e7639a0b1d2e"
+
+DTD_VERSION = "4.5"
+
+PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
+PV = "4.5"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "07c581f4bbcba6d3aac85360a19f95f7"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8043e514e80c6c19cb146b5d37937d1305bf3abf9b0097c36df7f70f611cdf43"
+
+do_compile() {
+	# Refer to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/pst/sgml-dtd.html
+	# for details.
+	sed -i -e '/ISO 8879/d' -e'/gml/d' docbook.cat
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/docbook-sgml-dtd-native.inc
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+# The DTDs of the various versions have to be installed in parallel and
+# should not replace each other. The installation step is common for
+# all versions and just differs in ${DTD_VERSION} which is set in each
+# version recipe.
+#
+# The DTDs do have some quirks (see LFS documentation).
+SUMMARY = "Document type definitions for verification of SGML data files"
+DESCRIPTION = "Document type definitions for verification of SGML data \
+files against the DocBook rule set"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.docbook.org/sgml/"
+
+DEPENDS = "sgml-common-native"
+
+# Note: the upstream sources are not distributed with a license file.
+# LICENSE-OASIS is included as a "patch" to workaround this. When
+# upgrading this recipe, please verify whether this is still needed.
+SRC_URI = "http://www.docbook.org/sgml/${DTD_VERSION}/docbook-${DTD_VERSION}.zip \
+           file://LICENSE-OASIS"
+
+# The .zip file extracts to the current dir
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+INC_PR = "r3"
+
+SSTATEPOSTINSTFUNCS += "docbook_sgml_dtd_sstate_postinst"
+SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "docbook_sgml_dtd_sysroot_preprocess"
+
+inherit native
+
+do_install () {
+	# Refer to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/pst/sgml-dtd.html
+	# for details.
+	install -d -m 755 ${D}${datadir}/sgml/docbook/sgml-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}
+	install docbook.cat ${D}${datadir}/sgml/docbook/sgml-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}/catalog
+	cp -PpRr *.dtd *.mod *.dcl ${D}${datadir}/sgml/docbook/sgml-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}
+
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/sgml
+	echo "CATALOG ${datadir}/sgml/docbook/sgml-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}/catalog" > \
+		${D}${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}.cat
+}
+
+docbook_sgml_dtd_sstate_postinst () {
+	if [ "${BB_CURRENTTASK}" = "populate_sysroot" -o "${BB_CURRENTTASK}" = "populate_sysroot_setscene" ]
+	then
+		# Ensure that the catalog file sgml-docbook.cat is properly
+		# updated when the package is installed from sstate cache.
+		${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/install-catalog-docbook-sgml-dtd-${DTD_VERSION} \
+			--add ${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook.bak \
+			${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}.cat
+		${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/install-catalog-docbook-sgml-dtd-${DTD_VERSION} \
+			--add ${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat \
+			${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}.cat
+	fi
+}
+
+docbook_sgml_dtd_sysroot_preprocess () {
+    install -d ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/
+    install -m 755 ${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/install-catalog ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/install-catalog-docbook-sgml-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}
+}
+
+CLEANFUNCS += "docbook_sgml_dtd_sstate_clean"
+
+docbook_sgml_dtd_sstate_clean () {
+	# Ensure that the catalog file sgml-docbook.cat is properly
+	# updated when the package is removed from sstate cache.
+	files="${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook.bak ${sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat"
+	for f in $files; do
+		[ ! -f $f ] || sed -i '/\/sgml\/sgml-docbook-dtd-${DTD_VERSION}.cat/d' $f
+	done
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/files/LICENSE-OASIS b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/files/LICENSE-OASIS
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+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/docbook-sgml-dtd/files/LICENSE-OASIS
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+Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute the DocBook XML DTD
+and its accompanying documentation for any purpose and without fee
+is hereby granted in perpetuity, provided that the above copyright
+notice and this paragraph appear in all copies.  The copyright
+holders make no representation about the suitability of the DTD for
+any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without expressed or implied
+warranty.
+
+If you modify the DocBook DTD in any way, except for declaring and
+referencing additional sets of general entities and declaring
+additional notations, label your DTD as a variant of DocBook.  See
+the maintenance documentation for more information.
+
+Please direct all questions, bug reports, or suggestions for 
+changes to the docbook@lists.oasis-open.org mailing list. For more
+information, see http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/.