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+#Makefile for openbmctool
+# Copyright (c) 2017 International Business Machines.
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+
+VER=1.18
+REL=1
+ARCH=noarch
+PROD=openbmctool
+RHEL_VER=7
+NAME=$(PROD)-$(VER)-$(REL).$(ARCH)
+
+# Need to test RPMDIR to see if it is set. Otherwise set it.
+RPMDIR := $(if $(RPMDIR),$(RPMDIR),$(shell pwd)/build/rpm)
+
+# Need to test DEBDIR to see if it is set. Otherwise set it.
+DEBDIR := $(if $(DEBDIR),$(DEBDIR),$(shell pwd)/build/deb)
+
+default: 
+	mkdir -p ./build
+clean: ;rm -rf ./build
+remove: 
+	rm -f /usr/bin/openbmctool
+	rm -f /opt/ibm/ras/bin/openbmctool.py
+	rm -f /opt/ibm/ras/lib/policyTable.json
+install: 
+	cp ../openbmctool.py $(DESTDIR)/opt/ibm/ras/bin
+	cp ../policyTable.json $(DESTDIR)/opt/ibm/ras/lib
+	ln -s -f $(DESTDIR)/opt/ibm/ras/bin/openbmctool.py $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/openbmctool
+
+rpm: default
+	rm -rf $(RPMDIR)
+	mkdir -p $(RPMDIR)
+	mkdir -p $(RPMDIR)/openbmctool
+	for i in BUILD BUILDROOT RPMS SOURCES SPECS SRPMS; do mkdir -p $(RPMDIR)/$$i; done
+	cp openbmctool-rhel$(RHEL_VER).spec $(RPMDIR)/SPECS
+	cp ../openbmctool.py ../policyTable.json $(RPMDIR)/openbmctool/
+	tar -cvzf $(RPMDIR)/SOURCES/openbmctool-$(VER)-$(REL).tgz -C $(RPMDIR) openbmctool
+	rpmbuild --define '_topdir $(RPMDIR)' --define "_version $(VER)" --define "_release $(REL)" -bb $(RPMDIR)/SPECS/openbmctool-rhel$(RHEL_VER).spec
+
+deb: default
+	rm -rf $(DEBDIR)
+	mkdir -p $(DEBDIR)
+	for i in bin lib; do mkdir -p $(DEBDIR)/opt/ibm/ras/$$i; done
+	mkdir -p $(DEBDIR)/usr/bin/
+	make install DESTDIR=$(DEBDIR)
+	mkdir -p $(DEBDIR)/DEBIAN
+	cp control $(DEBDIR)/DEBIAN
+	cd $(DEBDIR); find opt -type f -exec md5sum "{}" + >> DEBIAN/md5sums
+	cd $(DEBDIR); find usr -type f -exec md5sum "{}" + >> DEBIAN/md5sums
+	cd $(DEBDIR); echo "#!/bin/bash" >> DEBIAN/postinst
+	cd $(DEBDIR); echo "ln -s -f /opt/ibm/ras/bin/openbmctool.py /usr/bin/openbmctool" >> DEBIAN/postinst
+	chmod +x $(DEBDIR)/DEBIAN/postinst
+	chmod +x $(DEBDIR)/opt/ibm/ras/bin/openbmctool.py
+	dpkg-deb -b $(DEBDIR) $(DEBDIR)/DEBIAN/openbmctool-$(VER).$(REL)-$(ARCH).deb
+