diff --git a/recipes/asio/asio.inc b/recipes/asio/asio.inc
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+++ b/recipes/asio/asio.inc
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+DESCRIPTION = "Asio is a cross-platform C++ library for network and low-level \
+    I/O programming that provides developers with a consistent asynchronous \
+    model using a modern C++ approach."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://think-async.com/Asio"
+LICENSE = "BSL-1.0"
+
+inherit autotools c++
+
+DEPENDS += "boost-dev libpthread openssl"
+
+require conf/fetch/sourceforge.conf
+SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/${PN}/${PN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
diff --git a/recipes/asio/asio_1.10.6.oe b/recipes/asio/asio_1.10.6.oe
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index 000000000..9f6a20743
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+++ b/recipes/asio/asio_1.10.6.oe
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+require asio.inc
diff --git a/recipes/asio/asio_1.10.6.oe.sig b/recipes/asio/asio_1.10.6.oe.sig
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index 000000000..fce062b9e
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+++ b/recipes/asio/asio_1.10.6.oe.sig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b69a6c3dcd20d2c14ee3a5e0bdd85821e6658ae9  asio-1.10.6.tar.bz2