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+# Common
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+.deps
+.libs
+*.pc
+*.bz2
+*.rpm
+*~
+
+
+# Autobuild
+aclocal.m4
+autoconf
+autoheader
+autom4te.cache/
+automake
+build.counter
+compile
+config.guess
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+include/stamp-*
+libltdl.tar
+libtool
+libtool.m4
+ltdl.m4
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+py-compile
+
+# Build targets
+cts/CTSvars.py
+cts/LSBDummy
+cts/benchmark/clubench
+include/config.h
+include/config.h.in
+include/crm_config.h
+mcp/pacemaker
+mcp/pacemaker.service
+pengine/regression.core.sh
+publican.cfg
+shell/modules/help.py
+shell/modules/ra.py
+shell/modules/ui.py
+shell/modules/vars.py
+tools/coverage.sh
+tools/crm_primitive.py
+tools/crm_report
+tools/hb2openais.sh
+
+#Other 
+mock
+pacemaker.spec