diff --git a/make/dummy-topdir.mk b/make/dummy-topdir.mk
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+# This file can be included from toplevel Makefiles of projects which are part
+# of a jw-pkg project tree but don't want to provide necessary targets
+# themselves. The targets in this makefile simply do nothing. Feel free to add
+# functionality to whatever target seems useful to you.
+
+all:
+install:
+clean:
+distclean:
+check:
+test:
+get-%:
+pkg-%: