diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo-dummy-native/texinfo-dummy/COPYING b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo-dummy-native/texinfo-dummy/COPYING
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+Copyright (c) 2014 Intel Corp.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo-dummy-native/texinfo-dummy/template.py b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo-dummy-native/texinfo-dummy/template.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python2.7
+
+# template.py (and other filenames)
+# By Max Eliaser (max.eliaser@intel.com)
+
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Intel Corp.
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+
+# This program acts like a dummy version of the texinfo utilities, creating
+# the right output files but leaving them blank. It will parse out the name
+# of the executable from argv[0] and emulate the corresponding program, so
+# multiple copies of this script will exist under different names.
+
+import sys, os
+
+olong = "--output="
+Elong = "--macro-expand="
+
+
+this_binary = sys.argv[0].split ("/")[-1]
+
+# To be outputted if functionality that hasn't been stubbed yet is invoked.
+stub_msg = """
+This stand-in version of %s is not yet fully capable of emulating the real
+version from the GNU texinfo suite. If you see this message, file a bug report
+with details on the recipe that failed.
+""" % this_binary
+
+# Autotools setups query the version, so this is actually necessary. Some of
+# them (lookin' at you, glibc) actually look for the substring "GNU texinfo,"
+# so we put that substring in there without actually telling a lie.
+version_str = """ %s (fake texinfo, emulating GNU texinfo) 5.2
+ 
+Super amazing version which is totally not fake in any way whatsoever.
+Copyright (C) 2014 Intel Corp. Distributed under the terms of the MIT
+license.
+""" % this_binary
+
+simple_binaries = "pod2texi texi2dvi pdftexi2dvi texindex texi2pdf \
+                   txixml2texi install-info ginstall-info \
+                   update-info-dir".split ()
+
+# These utilities use a slightly different set of options and flags.
+complex_binaries = "makeinfo texi2any".split ()
+
+valid_binaries = simple_binaries + complex_binaries
+
+# For generating blank output files.
+def touch_file (path):
+    f = open (path, "w")
+    f.close ()
+
+assert this_binary in valid_binaries, \
+       this_binary + " is not one of " + ', '.join (valid_binaries)
+
+if "--version" in sys.argv:
+    print version_str
+    sys.exit (0)
+
+# For debugging
+log_interceptions = False
+if log_interceptions:
+    f = open ("/tmp/intercepted_" + this_binary, "a")
+    f.write (' '.join ([this_binary] + sys.argv[1:]) + '\n')
+    f.close ()
+
+# Look through the options and flags, and if necessary, touch any output
+# files.
+arg_idx = 1
+while arg_idx < len (sys.argv):
+    arg = sys.argv [arg_idx]
+    
+    if arg == "--":
+        break
+    
+    # Something like -I . can result in a need for this (specifically the .)
+    elif len (arg) < 2:
+        pass
+    
+    # Check if -o or --output is specified. These can be used at most once.
+    elif arg[0] == '-' and arg[1] != '-' and arg[len (arg) - 1] == 'o':
+        touch_file (sys.argv[arg_idx + 1])
+        sys.exit (0)
+    elif arg.startswith (olong):
+        touch_file (arg.split ("=")[1])
+        sys.exit (0)
+    
+    # Check for functionality that isn't implemented yet.
+    else:
+        assert arg[0] != '-' or arg[1] == '-' or 'E' not in arg or \
+               this_binary in simple_binaries, \
+               "-E option not yet supported" + stub_msg
+        
+        assert not arg.startswith (Elong), \
+               Elong[:-1] + " option not yet supported" + stub_msg
+    
+    arg_idx += 1
+
+# The -o/--output option overrides the default. For makeinfo and texi2any,
+# that default is to look for a @setfilename command in the input file.
+# Otherwise, printing nothing to stdout and then exiting should suffice.
+assert this_binary in simple_binaries, \
+       "Don't know how to get default output file name from input file!" + \
+       stub_msg
+