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+SUMMARY = "Test recipe that only uses USERADD_DEPENDS without USERADD_PARAM"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
+
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+
+# This recipe depends on the user/group created by creategroup1
+# but does NOT create users or groups itself.
+USERADD_DEPENDS = "creategroup1"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/sources"
+UNPACKDIR = "${S}"
+
+EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD = "1"
+
+inherit useradd allarch
+
+TESTDIR = "${D}${sysconfdir}/deponly"
+
+do_install() {
+	install -d   ${TESTDIR}
+	touch        ${TESTDIR}/file
+	chown gt1:grouptest ${TESTDIR}/file
+}
+
+FILES:${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/deponly/*"