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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+YAML_FILES ?= $(error YAML_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-yaml
+
+lint : lint-yaml
+
+lint-yaml: vst_venv
+	source ./$</bin/activate \
+	    ; set -u \
+	    ; yamllint -s $(YAML_FILES)
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-yaml            Syntax check yaml source using yamllint"
+
+# [EOF]