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-<package>
-<description brief="The Kinematics and Dynamics Library (latest)">
-
-This package contains a recent version of the Kinematics and Dynamics
-Library (KDL), distributed by the Orocos Project. 
-
-</description>
-<author>Ruben Smits, Erwin Aertbelien, Orocos Developers</author>
-<license>LGPL</license>
-<review status="reviewed" notes=""/>
-<url>http://www.orocos.org/kdl</url>
-<export>
-  <cpp cflags="-I${prefix}/install_dir/include `pkg-config --cflags eigen3`" lflags="-Wl,-rpath,${prefix}/install_dir/lib  -L${prefix}/install_dir/lib -lorocos-kdl"/>
-  <doxymaker external="http://www.orocos.org/kdl" />
-</export>
-
-<rosdep name="cppunit"/>
-<rosdep name="pkg-config"/>
-<rosdep name="eigen"/>
-
-</package>
-