diff --git a/meta/classes/libc-common.bbclass b/meta/classes/libc-common.bbclass
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+do_install() {
+	oe_runmake install_root=${D} install
+	for r in ${rpcsvc}; do
+		h=`echo $r|sed -e's,\.x$,.h,'`
+		install -m 0644 ${S}/sunrpc/rpcsvc/$h ${D}/${includedir}/rpcsvc/
+	done
+	install -d ${D}/${sysconfdir}/ 
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/etc/ld.so.conf ${D}/${sysconfdir}/
+	install -d ${D}${localedir}
+	make -f ${WORKDIR}/generate-supported.mk IN="${S}/localedata/SUPPORTED" OUT="${WORKDIR}/SUPPORTED"
+	# get rid of some broken files...
+	for i in ${GLIBC_BROKEN_LOCALES}; do
+		grep -v $i ${WORKDIR}/SUPPORTED > ${WORKDIR}/SUPPORTED.tmp
+		mv ${WORKDIR}/SUPPORTED.tmp ${WORKDIR}/SUPPORTED
+	done
+	rm -f ${D}${sysconfdir}/rpc
+	rm -rf ${D}${datadir}/zoneinfo
+	rm -rf ${D}${libexecdir}/getconf
+}
+
+def get_libc_fpu_setting(bb, d):
+    if d.getVar('TARGET_FPU', True) in [ 'soft', 'ppc-efd' ]:
+        return "--without-fp"
+    return ""
+
+python populate_packages_prepend () {
+    if d.getVar('DEBIAN_NAMES', True):
+        pkgs = d.getVar('PACKAGES', True).split()
+        bpn = d.getVar('BPN', True)
+        prefix = d.getVar('MLPREFIX', True) or ""
+        # Set the base package...
+        d.setVar('PKG_' + prefix + bpn, prefix + 'libc6')
+        libcprefix = prefix + bpn + '-'
+        for p in pkgs:
+            # And all the subpackages.
+            if p.startswith(libcprefix):
+                renamed = p.replace(bpn, 'libc6', 1)
+                d.setVar('PKG_' + p, renamed)
+        # For backward compatibility with old -dbg package
+        d.appendVar('RPROVIDES_' + libcprefix + 'dbg', ' ' + prefix + 'libc-dbg')
+        d.appendVar('RCONFLICTS_' + libcprefix + 'dbg', ' ' + prefix + 'libc-dbg')
+        d.appendVar('RREPLACES_' + libcprefix + 'dbg', ' ' + prefix + 'libc-dbg')
+}