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+SUMMARY = "Sets up distcc for compilation on the target device"
+
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=4d92cd373abda3937c2bc47fbc49d690 \
+                    file://${COREBASE}/meta/COPYING.MIT;md5=3da9cfbcb788c80a0384361b4de20420"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://distcc.sh"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+# Default to the host machine for a running qemu session
+DISTCC_HOSTS ?= "192.168.7.1"
+
+do_configure() {
+	sed -i "s%@DISTCC_HOSTS@%${DISTCC_HOSTS}%" distcc.sh
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/profile.d
+	install -m 0755 distcc.sh ${D}${sysconfdir}/profile.d/
+}
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "distcc"