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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-c++ [doc test platform:rpm]
+python3-devel [test platform:rpm]
+python3 [test platform:rpm]