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+#
+# Default virtual providers
+#
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/db ?= "db"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/db-native ?= "db-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver ?= "xserver-xorg"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver-xf86 ?= "xserver-xorg"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/egl ?= "mesa"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libgl ?= "mesa"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libgles1 ?= "mesa"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libgles2 ?= "mesa"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/mesa ?= "mesa"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/update-alternatives ?= "opkg-utils"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/update-alternatives-native ?= "opkg-utils-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libx11 ?= "libx11"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_xf86-video-intel ?= "xf86-video-intel"
+
+#
+# Default virtual runtime providers
+#
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_update-alternatives ?= "update-alternatives-opkg"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_apm ?= "apm"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_alsa-state ?= "alsa-state"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_getopt ?= "util-linux-getopt"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_wireless-tools ?= "iw wireless-tools"
+
+#
+# Default recipe providers
+#
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_dbus-glib ?= "dbus-glib"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_dbus-glib-native ?= "dbus-glib-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_gdk-pixbuf ?= "gdk-pixbuf"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libgcc ?= "libgcc"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-libgcc ?= "nativesdk-libgcc"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_linux-libc-headers ?= "linux-libc-headers"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-linux-libc-headers ?= "nativesdk-linux-libc-headers"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_matchbox-panel ?= "matchbox-panel-2"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_opkg ?= "opkg"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_opkg-native ?= "opkg-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-opkg ?= "nativesdk-opkg"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_console-tools ?= "kbd"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_gzip-native ?= "pigz-native"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_make ?= "make"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_udev ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','systemd','udev',d)}"
+# There are issues with runtime packages and PREFERRED_PROVIDER, see YOCTO #5044 for details
+# on this rather strange entry.
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_bluez4 ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','bluetooth bluez5','bluez5','bluez4',d)}"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_bluez-hcidump ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','bluetooth bluez5','bluez5','bluez-hcidump',d)}"
+# Alternative is ltp-ddt in meta-oe: meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ltp-ddt/ltp-ddt_0.0.4.bb
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_ltp ?= "ltp"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_getopt ?= "util-linux-getopt"