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+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
+# see https://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+gcc [compile test]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
+libffi-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
+libffi6 [platform:dpkg]
+libssl-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
+python3-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
+python3-devel [compile test platform:rpm]