2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/texinfo.bbclass b/meta/classes/texinfo.bbclass
index 60cba0f81d..92efbccddf 100644
--- a/meta/classes/texinfo.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/texinfo.bbclass
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 # This class is inherited by recipes whose upstream packages invoke the
-# texinfo utilities at build-time. This class currently does nothing.
+# texinfo utilities at build-time. Native and cross recipes are made to use the
+# dummy scripts provided by texinfo-dummy-native, for improved performance. 
+# Target architecture recipes use the genuine Texinfo utilities. By default, 
+# they use the Texinfo utilities on the host system. If you want to use the
+# Texinfo recipe shipped with yoco, you can remove texinfo-native from 
+# ASSUME_PROVIDED and makeinfo from SANITY_REQUIRED_UTILITIES.
+
+TEXDEP = "texinfo-native"
+TEXDEP_class-native = "texinfo-dummy-native"
+TEXDEP_class-cross = "texinfo-dummy-native"
+DEPENDS_append = " ${TEXDEP}"
+PATH_prepend_class-native = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/texinfo-dummy-native:"
+PATH_prepend_class-cross = "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/texinfo-dummy-native:"
+
diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index 1d70d3c9dd..cd6f94004e 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ ASSUME_PROVIDED = "\
     python-native-runtime \
     tar-native \
     virtual/libintl-native \
+    texinfo-native\
     "
 # gzip-native should be listed above?