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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-doc8-ini-tmp
+
+lint-doc8-ini-tmp = $(onf-mk-tmp)/doc8.ini
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR  : $(lint-doc8-ini-tmp)
+.PHONY            : lint-doc8-ini-tmp $(lint-doc8-ini-tmp)
+
+lint-doc8-ini-tmp : $(lint-doc8-ini-tmp)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Doc8(s) --config switch will only accept one argument and
+#   configs/exclusions are needed from multiple sources.
+#   This target will merge doc8.ini from onf-make/ and local/ for use.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# repo:onf-make is special, MAKEDIR=makefiles/local does not exist.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-doc8-ini-raw := $(ONF_MAKEDIR)/lint/doc8/doc8.ini
+ifneq ($(--repo-name--),onf-make)
+  lint-doc8-ini-raw += $(MAKEDIR)/lint/doc8/doc8.ini
+endif
+
+lint-doc8-ini-src = $(wildcard $(lint-doc8-ini-raw))
+$(lint-doc8-ini-tmp):
+
+	$(call banner,Target $@)
+
+	@echo "FILES: $(lint-doc8-ini-src)"
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+
+	@echo "** [doc8.ini] Generate $@"
+	@echo '[doc8]' > $@
+
+	@echo '** [doc8.ini] Merge onf-make and local config options'
+	$(HIDE)grep -v --fixed-strings --no-filename \
+	    -e '[doc8]' \
+	    -e 'ignore-path' \
+	    -e 'max-line-length' \
+	    $(lint-doc8-ini-src) \
+	    >> $@
+
+	@echo '** [doc8.ini] Construct ignore-path='
+	@echo -n 'ignore-path = ' >> $@
+	$(HIDE)awk -F'=' '/^ignore-path/ {print $$2}' $(lint-doc8-ini-src) \
+	   	| paste -sd ',' - \
+	    >> $@
+
+#   # Prefer local config setting
+	@echo '** [doc8.ini] Extract max-line-length'
+	$(HIDE)grep --fixed-strings --no-filename 'max-line-length' $(lint-doc8-ini-src) \
+	   | tail -n 1 \
+	   >> $@
+
+	$(if $(DEBUG),cat $@)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+clean ::
+	$(RM) $(lint-doc8-ini-tmp)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-doc8-help ::
+	@printf '  %-25.25s %s\n' 'lint-doc8-ini-tmp' \
+  'Create doc8.ini from onf-make/ and local/'
+
+# [EOF]