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@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ To have a working repo, you must also include all the submodules, so then do:
     git submodule init
     git submodule update
 
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-  [ FIXME: At the time of writing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is the version supported here by the master branch, but only for existing installs. New installs will fail because of upstream changes. ] If you wish to install on Ubuntu 12.04, you will need to 
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-	cd /etc/puppet/environments/[ENVIRONMENT_NAME]
-	git checkout whyteks/ubuntu12
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   To install on Debian 8, do 
 
     git checkout whyteks/debian