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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF 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: 2022-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+todo ::
+	@echo "  o vendor/ is maintained by conflicting logic:"
+	@echo "    - contents is checked into revision control (~duplication)."
+	@echo "    - make targets rm -fr vendor/."
+	@echo "    - Delete subdir and checkout from a central source as dependency."
+	@echo "  o make test target not creating coverage log:"
+	@echo "    - go test -coverprofile >> ./tests/results/go-test-coverage.out"
+	@echo "    - open /app/tests/results/go-test-coverage.out: permission denied"
+	@echo "  o make test failure"
+	@echo "    - level:fatal, msg:could not create CPU profile: open grpc_profile.cpu: permission denied"
+
+# [EOF]