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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 this makefile late so text will be displayed at the end6
+
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[CLEAN]'
+	@echo '  clean               Remove generated targets'
+	@echo '  sterile             clean + remove virtual env interpreter install'
+
+help ::
+	@echo
+	@echo '[HELP]'
+	@echo '  help                Display program help'
+	@echo '  help-verbose        Display additional targets and help'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# repo::voltha-docs -- patch logic not deployed everywhere.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# help ::
+#	@echo
+#	@echo '[NOTE: python 3.10+]'
+#	@echo '  The interpreter is not yet fully supported across foreign repositories.'
+#	@echo '  While working locally, if make fails to build a target try:'
+#	@echo '      $(MAKE) $${target} NO_OTHER_REPO_DOCS=1'
+
+# [EOF]