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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+
+SUBDIRS = .
+
+if WITH_TESTS
+SUBDIRS += test
+endif
+
+install:
+	@echo '##############################################################'
+	@echo '##############################################################'
+	@echo 'The Rust client library should be installed via a Cargo.toml dependency - please see /lib/rs/README.md'
+	@echo '##############################################################'
+	@echo '##############################################################'
+
+check-local:
+	$(CARGO) test
+
+all-local:
+	$(CARGO) build
+
+clean-local:
+	$(CARGO) clean
+	-$(RM) Cargo.lock
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	src \
+	Cargo.toml \
+	README.md