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+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+fonts-nanum [platform:dpkg]
+fonts-takao [platform:dpkg]
+gettext
+gnome-doc-utils
+libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libxml2-devel [platform:rpm]
+libxml2-utils [platform:dpkg]
+libxslt-devel [platform:rpm]
+libxslt1-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python-lxml
+xsltproc [platform:dpkg]
+zlib-devel [platform:rpm]
+zlib1g-dev [platform:dpkg]