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+# This file contains runtime (non-python) dependencies
+# More info at: http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/readme.html
+
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
+gcc [platform:rpm]
+gcc [platform:dpkg]
+python-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python-devel [platform:rpm]
+openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
+libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]