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+SUMMARY = "Startup script for the Weston Wayland compositor"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=4d92cd373abda3937c2bc47fbc49d690"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://init"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}/${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	install -m755 ${WORKDIR}/init ${D}/${sysconfdir}/init.d/weston
+}
+
+inherit allarch update-rc.d
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "weston kbd"
+
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "weston"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "start 9 5 2 . stop 20 0 1 6 ."