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+# 
+#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   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.
+#
+# Author(s): Austin Cormier
+# Creation Date: 07/27/2016
+# 
+#
+
+.PHONY : clean
+
+makefile.top := $(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
+TOP_SRC_PATH := $(makefile.top)
+TOP_ROOT_PATH := /usr/rift
+CMAKE_MODULE_PATH := $(TOP_ROOT_PATH)/cmake/modules
+
+RIFT_BUILD = $(TOP_SRC_PATH)/.build
+RIFT_ARTIFACTS = $(TOP_ROOT_PATH)/artifacts
+RIFT_INSTALL = $(TOP_ROOT_PATH)
+RIFT_SHELL_EXE = $(TOP_ROOT_PATH)/rift-shell -b $(RIFT_BUILD) -i $(RIFT_INSTALL) -a $(RIFT_ARTIFACTS) --
+
+CONFD = XML_ONLY
+
+BUILD_TYPE = Debug
+NOT_DEVELOPER_TYPE = FALSE
+COVERAGE_BUILD = FALSE
+RIFT_AGENT_BUILD = $(CONFD)
+PROJECT_TOP_DIR = $(TOP_ROOT_PATH)
+
+all: rw
+
+cmake::
+	mkdir -p $(RIFT_BUILD)
+	mkdir -p $(RIFT_ARTIFACTS)
+	mkdir -p $(RIFT_INSTALL)
+	cd $(RIFT_BUILD) && $(RIFT_SHELL_EXE) cmake $(TOP_SRC_PATH) -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(TOP_ROOT_PATH) -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$(BUILD_TYPE) -DNOT_DEVELOPER_BUILD=$(NOT_DEVELOPER_TYPE) -DCOVERAGE_BUILD=$(COVERAGE_TYPE) -DRIFT_AGENT_BUILD=$(RIFT_AGENT_BUILD) -DPROJECT_TOP_DIR=$(PROJECT_TOP_DIR) -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} -DRIFT_SUBMODULE_NAME=$(PROJECT_TOP_DIR)
+
+rw: cmake
+	$(RIFT_SHELL_EXE) $(MAKE) -C $(RIFT_BUILD)
+
+install:
+	$(RIFT_SHELL_EXE) $(MAKE) -C $(RIFT_BUILD) install
+
+unittest:
+	$(RIFT_SHELL_EXE) $(MAKE) -C $(RIFT_BUILD) rw.unittest
+
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning up.."
+	-rm -rf .build