diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cvsignore
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+# Makefile for source rpm: python3
+# $Id$
+NAME := python3
+SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
+
+define find-makefile-common
+for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
+endef
+
+MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
+
+ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
+# attept a checkout
+define checkout-makefile-common
+test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
+endef
+
+MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
+endif
+
+include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+++ b/sources