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+SUMMARY = "File synchronization tool"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://rsync.samba.org/"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://rsync.samba.org/bugzilla.html"
+SECTION = "console/network"
+
+# GPLv2+ (<< 3.0.0), GPLv3+ (>= 3.0.0)
+LICENSE = "GPLv3+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
+
+# needs to add acl and attr
+DEPENDS = "popt"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://rsyncd.conf"
+
+inherit autotools
+
+do_install_append() {
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/rsyncd.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}
+}
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE='STRIP=""'