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+# Copyright (c) 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# 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.
+
+# Pick up per-platform makefile fragments
+$(foreach d,$(SOURCE_PATH_BUILD_DATA_DIRS),	\
+  $(eval -include $(d)/platforms/*.mk))
+
+.PHONY: install-deb
+install-deb: $(patsubst %,%-find-source,$(ROOT_PACKAGES))
+	@$(BUILD_ENV) ;							\
+	set -eu$(BUILD_DEBUG) ;						\
+	$(MAKE) -C $(MU_BUILD_ROOT_DIR)					\
+	    $(patsubst %,%-install,					\
+	      $(ROOT_PACKAGES))	|| exit 1;				\
+									\
+	: generate file manifests ;					\
+	find $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)/*/bin -type f -print		\
+	  | sed -e 's:.*:../& /usr/bin:'				\
+	    > deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
+	find $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)/*/lib*  -type f -print		\
+	  | egrep -e '*\.so\.*\.*\.*'					\
+	  | sed -e 's:.*:../& /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:'		\
+	    > deb/debian/vpp-lib.install ;				\
+									\
+	: dev package ;							\
+	./scripts/find-dev-contents $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(ARCH)		\
+	 deb/debian/vpp-dev.install ;					\
+									\
+	: bin package needs startup config ; 				\
+	echo ../../vpp/conf/startup.conf /etc/vpp 			\
+	   >> deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
+									\
+	: and sysctl config ; 						\
+	echo ../../vpp/conf/80-vpp.conf /etc/sysctl.d 			\
+	   >> deb/debian/vpp.install ;					\
+									\
+	: dev package needs a couple of additions ;			\
+        echo ../build-tool-native/vppapigen/vppapigen /usr/bin		\
+           >> deb/debian/vpp-dev.install ;				\
+									\
+	: generate changelog;						\
+	./scripts/generate-deb-changelog 				\
+									\
+	: Go fabricate the actual Debian packages ;			\
+	(								\
+	cd deb &&							\
+	dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b					\
+	)
+
+.PHONY: install-rpm
+install-rpm: $(patsubst %,%-find-source,$(ROOT_PACKAGES))
+	@$(BUILD_ENV) ;							\
+	set -eu$(BUILD_DEBUG) ;						\
+	$(MAKE) -C $(MU_BUILD_ROOT_DIR)					\
+	    $(patsubst %,%-install,					\
+	      $(ROOT_PACKAGES))	|| exit 1;				\
+									\
+	cd rpm ;							\
+	rpmbuild -bb --define "_topdir $$PWD"  vpp.spec ; 		\
+	mv $$(find RPMS -name \*.rpm -type f) ..
+