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+SUMMARY = "File synchronization tool"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://rsync.samba.org/"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://rsync.samba.org/bugzilla.html"
+SECTION = "console/network"
+
+# needs to add acl and attr
+DEPENDS = "popt"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://rsync-2.6.9-fname-obo.patch \
+           file://rsyncd.conf"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "996d8d8831dbca17910094e56dcb5942"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ca437301becd890e73300bc69a39189ff1564baa761948ff149b3dd7bde633f9"
+
+inherit autotools
+
+do_install_append() {
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/rsyncd.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}
+}
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE='STRIP=""'
+
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6d5a9d4c4d3af25cd68fd83e8a8cb09c"
+
+PR = "r4"