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-DESCRIPTION = "Low-level build system macros and infrastructure for ROS"
-SECTION = "devel"
-# TODO: License of catkin unmentioned in the repository
-LICENSE = "CLOSED"
-
-SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros/catkin/archive/0.5.58.tar.gz \
-  file://catkin-change_default_for_debsetuptools.patch"
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e4df85e60dc792af9324334547cc76aa"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "dd99cc04eeaf16a13185dd0a2f576939fa997dfb16a40ba45068c4d2ebbcb44b"
-
-# DEPENDS = "python-setuptools"
-DEPENDS = "python-empy-native python-catkin-pkg-native"
-
-EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DSETUPTOOLS_DEB_LAYOUT=OFF"
-
-inherit cmake pythonnative python-dir
-
-FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/${PYTHON_DIR}/* ${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/*"
-
-# catkin_EXTRAS_DIR = ${PROJECT_SPACE_DIR}/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/cmake
-# export catkin_EXTRAS_DIR
-
-export BUILD_SYS
-export HOST_SYS
-export STAGING_LIBDIR
-export STAGING_INCDIR
-
-### OPEN QUESTION: use
-# inherit native
-# or use
-# BBCLASSEXTEND += "native"
-## TODO: what is the difference?
-
-inherit native
-#BBCLASSEXTEND += "native"