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+################################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. #
+# #
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); #
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+# 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 #
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+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. #
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+################################################################################
+
+FROM buildpack-deps:stretch
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -q -y install debhelper dpkg-dev build-essential rsync
+RUN mkdir /tmp/it-dep
+COPY . /tmp/it-dep
+WORKDIR /tmp/it-dep
+
+# building RIC deployment artifacts into a package
+RUN ./bin/package-ric-deployment-tools $(grep tag ./ci/package-tag.yaml | cut -f2 -d':')
+
+# Executing the container "as a binary" will cause the CI publish
+# script to execute. This will take the simple package list generated
+# by the ci_build script and copy the list of packages to the target
+# directory. The target directory is /export by default, but can be
+# overridden from the docker run command line. In either case, the
+# assumption is that the target directory is mounted as a volume.
+#
+ENTRYPOINT [ "ci/publish.sh" ]
+