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-# Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
-# 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.
-
-# THE AUTHORITATIVE VERSION OF THIS MAKEFILE LIVES IN:
-#
-#   https://github.com/prometheus/utils
-#
-# PLEASE MAKE ANY CHANGES THERE AND PROPAGATE THEM TO ALL PROMETHEUS
-# REPOSITORIES THAT ARE USING THIS MAKEFILE.
-#
-# This file provides common Makefile infrastructure for several Prometheus
-# components. This includes make tasks for downloading Go, setting up a
-# self-contained build environment, fetching Go dependencies, building
-# binaries, running tests, and doing release management. This file is intended
-# to be included from a project's Makefile, which needs to define the following
-# variables, at a minimum:
-#
-# * VERSION - The current version of the project in question.
-# * TARGET  - The desired name of the built binary.
-#
-# Many of the variables defined below are defined conditionally (using '?'),
-# which allows the project's main Makefile to override any of these settings, if
-# needed. See also:
-#
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Flavors.html#Flavors.
-#
-# The including Makefile may define any number of extra targets that are
-# specific to that project.
-
-VERSION ?= $(error VERSION not set in including Makefile)
-TARGET  ?= $(error TARGET not set in including Makefile)
-
-SRC    ?= $(shell find . -type f -name "*.go" ! -path "./.build/*")
-GOOS   ?= $(shell uname | tr A-Z a-z)
-GOARCH ?= $(subst x86_64,amd64,$(patsubst i%86,386,$(shell uname -m)))
-
-GO_VERSION ?= 1.5.3
-GOPATH     ?= $(CURDIR)/.build/gopath
-ROOTPKG    ?= github.com/prometheus/$(TARGET)
-SELFLINK   ?= $(GOPATH)/src/$(ROOTPKG)
-
-# Check for the correct version of go in the path. If we find it, use it.
-# Otherwise, prepare to build go locally.
-ifeq ($(shell command -v "go" >/dev/null && go version | sed -e 's/^[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/'), $(GO_VERSION))
-	GOCC   ?= $(shell command -v "go")
-	GOFMT  ?= $(shell command -v "gofmt")
-	GO     ?= GOPATH=$(GOPATH) $(GOCC)
-else
-	GOURL  ?= https://golang.org/dl
-	GOPKG  ?= go$(GO_VERSION).$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH).tar.gz
-	GOROOT ?= $(CURDIR)/.build/go$(GO_VERSION)
-	GOCC   ?= $(GOROOT)/bin/go
-	GOFMT  ?= $(GOROOT)/bin/gofmt
-	GO     ?= GOPATH=$(GOPATH) GOROOT=$(GOROOT) $(GOCC)
-endif
-
-# Use vendored dependencies if available. Otherwise try to download them.
-ifneq (,$(wildcard vendor))
-	DEPENDENCIES := $(shell find vendor/ -type f -iname '*.go')
-	GO           := GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 $(GO)
-else
-	DEPENDENCIES := dependencies-stamp
-endif
-
-# Never honor GOBIN, should it be set at all.
-unexport GOBIN
-
-SUFFIX   ?= $(GOOS)-$(GOARCH)
-BINARY   ?= $(TARGET)
-ARCHIVE  ?= $(TARGET)-$(VERSION).$(SUFFIX).tar.gz
-
-default: $(BINARY)
-
-$(BINARY): $(GOCC) $(SRC) $(DEPENDENCIES) Makefile Makefile.COMMON | $(SELFLINK)
-	cd $(SELFLINK) && $(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) -o $@
-
-.PHONY: archive
-archive: $(ARCHIVE)
-
-$(ARCHIVE): $(BINARY)
-	tar -czf $@ $<
-
-.PHONY: tag
-tag:
-	git tag $(VERSION)
-	git push --tags
-
-.PHONY: test
-test: $(GOCC) $(DEPENDENCIES) | $(SELFLINK)
-	cd $(SELFLINK) && $(GO) test $$($(GO) list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)
-
-.PHONY: format
-format: $(GOCC)
-	find . -iname '*.go' | egrep -v "^\./\.build|./generated|\./vendor|\.(l|y)\.go" | xargs -n1 $(GOFMT) -w -s=true
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	rm -rf $(BINARY) $(ARCHIVE) .build *-stamp
-
-
-
-$(GOCC):
-	@echo Go version $(GO_VERSION) required but not found in PATH.
-	@echo About to download and install go$(GO_VERSION) to $(GOROOT)
-	@echo Abort now if you want to manually install it system-wide instead.
-	@echo
-	@sleep 5
-	mkdir -p .build
-	# The archive contains a single directory called 'go/'.
-	curl -L $(GOURL)/$(GOPKG) | tar -C .build -xzf -
-	rm -rf $(GOROOT)
-	mv .build/go $(GOROOT)
-
-$(SELFLINK):
-	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	ln -s $(CURDIR) $@
-
-# Download dependencies if project doesn't vendor them.
-dependencies-stamp: $(GOCC) $(SRC) | $(SELFLINK)
-	$(GO) get -d
-	touch $@