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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
+require 'puppet-lint/tasks/puppet-lint'
+PuppetLint.configuration.fail_on_warnings = true
+PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_80chars')
+PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_autoloader_layout')
+PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_class_inherits_from_params_class')
+PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_class_parameter_defaults')