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+DESCRIPTION = "Simple helloworld application"
+SECTION = "examples"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://helloworld.c"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}"
+
+do_compile() {
+	${CC} helloworld.c -o helloworld
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}${bindir}
+	install -m 0755 helloworld ${D}${bindir}
+}