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+SUMMARY = "find, locate, and xargs binaries"
+DESCRIPTION = "The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of the GNU operating system. \
+These programs are typically used in conjunction with other programs to provide modular and powerful directory \
+search and file locating capabilities to other commands."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+
+
+SRC_URI = "ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/${BPN}/${BP}.tar.gz"
+
+inherit autotools gettext texinfo update-alternatives
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "find xargs"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
+
+# diffutils assumes non-glibc compilation with uclibc and
+# this causes it to generate its own implementations of
+# standard functionality.  regex.c actually breaks compilation
+# because it uses __mempcpy, there are other things (TBD:
+# see diffutils.mk in buildroot)
+EXTRA_OECONF_libc-uclibc = "--without-included-regex"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"