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-# Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
-# All rights reserved.
-#
-# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-# met:
-#
-#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
-# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
-# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
-# distribution.
-#     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
-# contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
-# this software without specific prior written permission.
-#
-# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-# Base Dockerfile for gRPC dev images
-FROM debian:latest
-
-# Install Git.
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-  autoconf \
-  autotools-dev \
-  build-essential \
-  bzip2 \
-  curl \
-  gcc \
-  git \
-  libc6 \
-  libc6-dbg \
-  libc6-dev \
-  libgtest-dev \
-  libtool \
-  make \
-  strace \
-  python-dev \
-  python-setuptools \
-  telnet \
-  unzip \
-  wget \
-  zip && apt-get clean
-
-# Install useful useful python modules
-RUN easy_install -U pip
-RUN pip install -U crcmod  # makes downloads from cloud storage faster
-
-# Install GCloud
-RUN wget https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/release/google-cloud-sdk.zip \
-  && unzip google-cloud-sdk.zip && rm google-cloud-sdk.zip
-ENV CLOUD_SDK /google-cloud-sdk
-RUN $CLOUD_SDK/install.sh --usage-reporting=true --path-update=true --bash-completion=true --rc-path=/.bashrc --disable-installation-options
-ENV PATH $CLOUD_SDK/bin:$PATH
-
-# Define the default command.
-CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_base/README.md b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_base/README.md
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-Base GRPC Dockerfile
-====================
-
-Dockerfile for creating the base gRPC development Docker instance.
-For now, this assumes that the development will be done on GCE instances,
-with source code on GitHub.
-
-As of 2015/02/02, it includes
-- git
-- some useful tools like curl, emacs, strace, telnet etc
-- a patched version of protoc, to allow protos with stream tags to work