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+DESCRIPTION = "A small image for building meta-parsec packages"
+
+inherit core-image
+
+IMAGE_FEATURES += "ssh-server-openssh"
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "\
+    packagegroup-base \
+    packagegroup-core-boot \
+    packagegroup-security-parsec \
+    os-release" 
+
+export IMAGE_BASENAME = "security-parsec-image"
+
+IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE = "5242880"