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+DESCRIPTION = "Basic task to get a device booting"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COREBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58"
+
+PR = "r1"
+
+inherit task
+
+# packages which content depend on MACHINE_FEATURES need to be MACHINE_ARCH
+#
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+
+#
+# those ones can be set in machine config to supply packages needed to get machine booting
+#
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
+MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
+
+DISTRO_UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES ?= "${@base_conditional("ONLINE_PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT", "none", "", "update-alternatives-cworth", d)}"
+OPKGCONFIG ?= "${@base_conditional("ONLINE_PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT", "none", "", "opkg opkg-config-base angstrom-feed-configs", d)}"
+
+# Make sure we build the kernel
+DEPENDS = "virtual/kernel"
+
+#
+# minimal set of packages - needed to boot
+#
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
+    angstrom-version \
+    base-files \
+    base-passwd \
+    busybox \
+    netbase \
+    ${DISTRO_UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES} \
+    ${OPKGCONFIG} \
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS} \
+    "
+
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
+    kernel \
+    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
+    "