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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+.PHONY: lint-venv
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  TARGETS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+ifndef NO-LINT-JJB
+  lint : lint-jjb
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Construct command line for linting jenkins-job-builder config
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ifdef DEBUG
+  lint-jjb-args += --log_level DEBUG#         # verbosity: high
+else
+  lint-jjb-args += --log_level INFO#          # verbosity: default
+endif
+lint-jjb-args += --ignore-cache
+lint-jjb-args += test#                        # command action
+lint-jjb-args += -o archives/job-configs#     # Generated jobs written here
+lint-jjb-args += --recursive
+lint-jjb-args += --config-xml#                # JJB v3.0 write to OUTPUT/jobname/config.xml
+lint-jjb-args += jjb/#                        # JJB config sources (input)
+
+lint-jjb-deps := $(null)
+lint-jjb-deps += $(venv-activate-script) 
+lint-jjb-deps += checkout-ci-management-sub-modules
+lint-jjb: $(lint-jjb-deps)
+	$(activate) && { jenkins-jobs $(lint-jjb-args); }
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo '  lint-jjb               Validate jjb job generation'
+ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo '    DEBUG=1                lint-jjb --log_level=DEBUG'
+endif
+
+# [ERRORS]
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# make: *** No rule to make target 'checkout-ci-management-sub-modules', needed by 'lint-jjb'.  Stop.
+#   o jjb lint checking is only valid for ci-management repos.
+#   o Enable (NO_LINT_JJB := true) in ${repo-root}/config.mk
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# [EOF]