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+#
+# This file was derived from the 'Hello World!' example recipe in the
+# Yocto Project Development Manual.
+#
+
+DESCRIPTION = "Simple helloworld application used to test the devtool upgrade feature"
+SECTION = "devtool"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
+PR = "r0"
+
+SRC_URI = "file://${THISDIR}/files/${P}.tar.gz \
+           file://0001-helloword.c-exit-with-EXIT_SUCCESS-instead-of-a-magi.patch \
+           "
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${P}"
+
+do_compile() {
+	     ${CC} helloworld.c -o helloworld
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	     install -d ${D}${bindir}
+	     install -m 0755 helloworld ${D}${bindir}
+}