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+#
+# Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+#### VERBOSE ####
+# Set V (for VERBOSE) on the comand line (make V=1) to see additional
+# output
+ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
+export Q=
+else
+export Q=@
+export MAKEFLAGS+=--no-print-directory
+endif
+
+FLAKE8:=flake8