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+# Metadata common to all ROS distro types.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 LG Electronics, Inc.
+
+DISTROOVERRIDES .= ":${ROS_DISTRO_BASELINE_PLATFORM}:${ROS_DISTRO_TYPE}-distro:${ROS_DISTRO}:${ROS_COMPONENT_TYPE}-component"
+
+# ros<N>_distro.bbclass must provide an implementation of ros_distro__get_component_type(component, d).