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+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed for install and tests;
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+build-essential [platform:dpkg test]
+python-dev [platform:dpkg test]
+python-devel [platform:rpm test]
+libkrb5-dev [platform:dpkg test]
+krb5-devel [platform:rpm test]