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-DESCRIPTION = "Basic task to get a device booting"
-LICENSE = "MIT"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${POKYBASE}/LICENSE;md5=3f40d7994397109285ec7b81fdeb3b58"
-
-PR = "r53"
-
-inherit task
-
-# packages which content depend on MACHINE_FEATURES need to be MACHINE_ARCH
-#
-PACKAGE_ARCH = "${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 ?= ""
-
-# update-alternatives script installed in rootfs needs to be the same as
-# u-a script used for building image which is defined with
-# PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/update-alternatives-native
-
-DISTRO_UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES ?= "${@base_conditional("ONLINE_PACKAGE_MANAGEMENT", "none", "", "${PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/update-alternatives}", d)}"
-
-# Make sure we build the kernel
-DEPENDS = "virtual/kernel"
-
-#
-# minimal set of packages - needed to boot
-#
-RDEPENDS_task-boot = "\
-    base-files \
-    base-passwd \
-    busybox \
-    ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "keymaps", "", d)} \
-    modutils-initscripts \
-    netbase \
-    ${DISTRO_UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES} \
-    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS} \
-    "
-
-RRECOMMENDS_task-boot = "\
-    kernel \
-    ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
-    "