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+#
+# Copyright 2006-2007 Openedhand Ltd.
+#
+
+ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE = "dpkg apt"
+ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP  = "run-postinsts"
+
+do_rootfs[depends] += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot apt-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_populate_sdk[depends] += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot apt-native:do_populate_sysroot bzip2-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+do_rootfs[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_deb"
+rootfs_deb_do_rootfs[vardepsexclude] += "BUILDNAME"
+do_rootfs[vardeps] += "PACKAGE_FEED_URIS"
+
+do_rootfs[lockfiles] += "${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/deb.lock"
+do_populate_sdk[lockfiles] += "${DEPLOY_DIR_DEB}/deb.lock"
+
+python rootfs_deb_bad_recommendations() {
+    if d.getVar("BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS", True):
+        bb.warn("Debian package install does not support BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS")
+}
+do_rootfs[prefuncs] += "rootfs_deb_bad_recommendations"
+
+DEB_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS = ""
+
+opkglibdir = "${localstatedir}/lib/opkg"
+
+python () {
+    # Map TARGET_ARCH to Debian's ideas about architectures
+    darch = d.getVar('SDK_ARCH', True)
+    if darch in ["x86", "i486", "i586", "i686", "pentium"]:
+         d.setVar('DEB_SDK_ARCH', 'i386')
+    elif darch == "x86_64":
+         d.setVar('DEB_SDK_ARCH', 'amd64')
+    elif darch == "arm":
+         d.setVar('DEB_SDK_ARCH', 'armel')
+}
+
+# This will of course only work after rootfs_deb_do_rootfs or populate_sdk_deb has been called
+DPKG_QUERY_COMMAND = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/dpkg-query --admindir=$INSTALL_ROOTFS_DEB/var/lib/dpkg"