[VOL-5031] Build and deploy voltha-onos for v2.12
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o https://github.com/opencord/onf-make
o Update to the latest library makefiles to support more lint targets.
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o Cosmetic dev version bump to triage build state.
Change-Id: Iaddd825c24afdfa13e99cfd46cfe887072016d0f
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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Include variables.mk after library makefiles have been included
+
+ifdef VERBOSE
+ help :: help-variables
+else
+ help ::
+ @echo
+ @echo '[VARIABLES] - Conditional makefile behavior'
+ @echo ' see also: help-variables'
+endif
+
+help-variables:
+ @echo
+ @echo '[VARIABLES] - Conditional makefile behavior'
+ @echo ' NO_PATCHES= Do not apply patches to the python virtualenv'
+ @echo ' NO_OTHER_REPO_DOCS= No foreign repos, only apply target to local sources.'
+ @echo ' VERBOSE= Display extended help topics'
+
+# [EOF]