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+SUMMARY = "yaml-cpp parser and emitter library"
+DESCRIPTION = "yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++ matching the YAML 1.2 spec."
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp"
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=6a8aaf0595c2efc1a9c2e0913e9c1a2c"
+
+# yaml-cpp releases are stored as archive files in github.
+# download the exact revision of release
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git"
+SRCREV = "9a3624205e8774953ef18f57067b3426c1c5ada6"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+inherit cmake
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DYAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF"