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+DESCRIPTION = "Builds cramfs filesystems for embedded systems"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${WORKDIR}/linux/COPYING;md5=9579385572eb40eded61dcb07e0038a4"
+DEPENDS = "zlib"
+SRCDATE = "20110110"
+PV = "1.1+cvs${SRCDATE}"
+
+SRC_URI = "cvs://anonymous@cramfs.cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/cramfs;module=linux"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/linux/scripts/cramfs"
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = "\
+    'CC=${CC}' \
+    'CFLAGS=${CFLAGS}' \
+    'LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}' \
+"
+
+
+do_compile_prepend() {
+        ln -s GNUmakefile Makefile
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d ${D}${bindir}
+	install mkcramfs ${D}${bindir}
+	install cramfsck ${D}${bindir}
+}
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+