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+SUMMARY = "Phosphor OpenBMC - YAML Providers"
+PR = "r1"
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/meta/files/common-licenses/Apache-2.0;md5=89aea4e17d99a7cacdbeed46a0096b10"
+
+# This is a packagegroup in name and principle but we do not want to inherit
+# from packagegroup.bbclass.  The point of this packagegroup is to get the
+# sysroot populated with YAML files from the DEPENDS packages and if we inherit
+# the packagegroup bbclass this doesn't happen, because that bbclass `deltask`
+# a number that are required.
+# inherit packagegroup
+
+OBMC_YAML_PROVIDER_RECIPES += " \
+    phosphor-led-manager-yaml-provider \
+    phosphor-software-manager-yaml-provider \
+    "
+
+DEPENDS = "${OBMC_YAML_PROVIDER_RECIPES}"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${OBMC_YAML_PROVIDER_RECIPES}"