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+# Copyright (c) 2019 LG Electronics, Inc.
+
+# Fix up PACKAGECONFIG if Python 2 is being used.
+PACKAGECONFIG_prepend = "${@'python2 ' if d.getVar('ROS_PYTHON_VERSION', True) == '2' else ''}"
+# _remove happens after _prepend.
+PACKAGECONFIG_remove = "${@'python3' if d.getVar('ROS_PYTHON_VERSION', True) == '2' else ''}"