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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+#
+# 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: pip install with dependencies
+## ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+venv-requirements := $(venv-abs-path)/makedep/requirements.txt.ts
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Define a makefile target able to install venv python modules
+##   when changes are made within the requirements.txt file.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## [MAKEFILE TARGETS]
+## venv-requirements
+##   Named target used to abstract underlying dependency filename.
+## $(venv-requirements-txt)
+##   Make macro used to detect changes in requirements.txt file.
+##   Timestamp filename is also the primary target for invoking pip install.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: venv-requirements
+venv-requirements    : $(venv-requirements)
+$(venv-requirements) : requirements.txt
+
+	$(call banner-enter,venv-requirements)
+
+	$(activate) && python -m pip install -r 'requirements.txt'
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	@touch $@
+
+	$(call banner-leave,venv-requirements)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+venv-help ::
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'venv-requirements' \
+	  'pip install -r requirements.txt (dependency driven)'
+
+# [EOF]