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diff --git a/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass b/meta/classes/update-alternatives.bbclass
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+# defaults
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "10"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK = "${bindir}/${ALTERNATIVE_NAME}"
+
+update_alternatives_postinst() {
+update-alternatives --install ${ALTERNATIVE_LINK} ${ALTERNATIVE_NAME} ${ALTERNATIVE_PATH} ${ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY}
+}
+
+update_alternatives_postrm() {
+update-alternatives --remove ${ALTERNATIVE_NAME} ${ALTERNATIVE_PATH}
+}
+
+python __anonymous() {
+        if bb.data.getVar('ALTERNATIVE_NAME', d) == None:
+                raise bb.build.FuncFailed, "%s inherits update-alternatives but doesn't set ALTERNATIVE_NAME" % bb.data.getVar('FILE', d)
+        if bb.data.getVar('ALTERNATIVE_PATH', d) == None:
+                raise bb.build.FuncFailed, "%s inherits update-alternatives but doesn't set ALTERNATIVE_PATH" % bb.data.getVar('FILE', d)
+}
+
+python populate_packages_prepend () {
+        pkg = bb.data.getVar('PN', d, 1)
+        bb.note('adding update-alternatives calls to postinst/postrm for %s' % pkg)
+        postinst = bb.data.getVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg, d, 1) or bb.data.getVar('pkg_postinst', d, 1)
+        if not postinst:
+                postinst = '#!/bin/sh\n'
+        postinst += bb.data.getVar('update_alternatives_postinst', d, 1)
+        bb.data.setVar('pkg_postinst_%s' % pkg, postinst, d)
+        postrm = bb.data.getVar('pkg_postrm_%s' % pkg, d, 1) or bb.data.getVar('pkg_postrm', d, 1)
+        if not postrm:
+                postrm = '#!/bin/sh\n'
+        postrm += bb.data.getVar('update_alternatives_postrm', d, 1)
+        bb.data.setVar('pkg_postrm_%s' % pkg, postrm, d)
+}