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+LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
+
+require diffutils.inc
+
+PR = "r7.0"
+
+SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/diffutils/diffutils-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://diffutils_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "71f9c5ae19b60608f6c7f162da86a428"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c5001748b069224dd98bf1bb9ee877321c7de8b332c8aad5af3e2a7372d23f5a"
+
+do_configure_prepend () {
+	chmod u+w ${S}/po/Makefile.in.in
+}