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+# Copyright (C) 2024 Digi International Inc.
+
+# Don't link the pam_cap module against libpam at build-time to avoid
+# a libpam dependency in the recovery initramfs-
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += " \
+    FORCELINKPAM=no \
+"