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+# anonymous support class from originally from angstrom
+# 
+# To use the blacklist, a distribution should include this
+# class in the INHERIT_DISTRO
+#
+# No longer use ANGSTROM_BLACKLIST, instead use a table of
+# recipes in PNBLACKLIST
+#
+# Features:
+#
+# * To add a package to the blacklist, set:
+#   PNBLACKLIST[pn] = "message"
+#
+
+# Cope with PNBLACKLIST flags for multilib case
+addhandler blacklist_multilib_eventhandler
+blacklist_multilib_eventhandler[eventmask] = "bb.event.ConfigParsed"
+python blacklist_multilib_eventhandler() {
+    multilibs = e.data.getVar('MULTILIBS', True)
+    if not multilibs:
+        return
+
+    # this block has been copied from base.bbclass so keep it in sync
+    prefixes = []
+    for ext in multilibs.split():
+        eext = ext.split(':')
+        if len(eext) > 1 and eext[0] == 'multilib':
+            prefixes.append(eext[1])
+
+    blacklists = e.data.getVarFlags('PNBLACKLIST') or {}
+    for pkg, reason in blacklists.items():
+        if pkg.endswith(("-native", "-crosssdk")) or pkg.startswith(("nativesdk-", "virtual/nativesdk-")) or 'cross-canadian' in pkg:
+            continue
+        for p in prefixes:
+            newpkg = p + "-" + pkg
+            if not e.data.getVarFlag('PNBLACKLIST', newpkg, True):
+                e.data.setVarFlag('PNBLACKLIST', newpkg, reason)
+}
+
+python () {
+    blacklist = d.getVarFlag('PNBLACKLIST', d.getVar('PN', True), True)
+
+    if blacklist:
+        raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("Recipe is blacklisted: %s" % (blacklist))
+}