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+SUMMARY = "Kexec fast reboot tools"
+DESCRIPTION = "Kexec is a fast reboot feature that lets you reboot to a new Linux kernel"
+AUTHOR = "Eric Biederman"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/"
+SECTION = "kernel/userland"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ea5bed2f60d357618ca161ad539f7c0a \
+                    file://kexec/kexec.c;beginline=1;endline=20;md5=af10f6ae4a8715965e648aa687ad3e09"
+DEPENDS = "zlib xz"
+
+SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit autotools
+
+COMPATIBLE_HOST = '(x86_64.*|i.86.*|arm.*|aarch64.*|powerpc.*|mips.*)-(linux|freebsd.*)'
+
+INSANE_SKIP_${PN} = "arch"
+
+do_compile_prepend() {
+    # Remove the '*.d' file to make sure the recompile is OK
+    for dep in `find ${B} -type f -name '*.d'`; do
+        dep_no_d="`echo $dep | sed 's#.d$##'`"
+        # Remove file.d when there is a file.o
+        if [ -f "$dep_no_d.o" ]; then
+            rm -f $dep
+        fi
+    done
+}