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-# This placeholder appears in the `leim' subdirectory in the Emacs
-# distribution.  It is is overwritten with a real makefile
-# when you actually extract LEIM into the directory.
-all install:
-
-# Avoid error when these targets are used.
-clean extraclean distclean mostlyclean maintainer-clean::