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+#
+# Copyright 2022 Armin Kuster <akuster808@gmail.com>
+#
+
+STAGING_AIDE_DIR ?= "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${MACHINE}/aida"
+AIDE_INCLUDE_DIRS ?= "/lib"
+AIDE_SKIP_DIRS ?= "/lib/modules/.\*"
+
+AIDE_SCAN_POSTINIT ?= "0"
+AIDE_RESCAN_POSTINIT ?= "0"
+