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+PYTHON ?= python
+
+all:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
+
+install: all
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py install
+
+clean:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py clean
+
+check: all
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py test
+
+rpm:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py bdist_rpm \
+	  --requires PyYAML,python-requests,python-tox,python-future