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+DESCRIPTION = "A small image just capable of allowing a device to boot."
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-boot ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE_BOOTSTRAP} ${CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL}"
+
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = " "
+
+LICENSE = "CLOSED"
+
+inherit core-image
+
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "524288"
+
+IMAGE_FEATURES += "tools-sdk"
+
+# add own name to hosts
+augment_hosts_setting_file () {
+	echo '127.0.0.1\tqemux86.localdomain\t\tqemux86' >> ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/hosts
+}
+
+# remove not needed ipkg informations
+# create a custom hosts file
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ; augment_hosts_setting_file ; "
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL += "packagegroup-core-ssh-openssh git cmake \
+  boost boost-dev log4cxx log4cxx-dev libbz2-dev \
+  python-modules python-empy python-pyyaml python-nose \
+  python-setuptools python-rospkg python-dateutil python-vcstools python-rosinstall"