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+.SILENT:
+
+.PHONY: vendor update_vendor \
+	remove_vendor/linum+.el update_vendor/linum+.el
+
+vendor: vendor/linum+.el
+update_vendor:update_vendor/linum+.el
+
+
+vendor/linum+.el:
+	echo "fetching vendor/linum+.el..." && \
+	curl -s -L -o vendor/linum+.el \
+	http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/linum%2b.el
+
+remove_vendor/linum+.el:
+	( \
+		test -f "vendor/linum+.el" && rm "vendor/linum+.el" && \
+		echo "removed vendor/linum+.el" \
+	) || exit 0
+
+update_vendor/linum+.el: remove_vendor/linum+.el vendor/linum+.el