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+mongodb dependencies
+====================
+
+build dependencies calculated by brt_dep_solver
+-----------------------------------------------
+asio
+boost
+gcc
+gperftools
+icu
+libstemmer
+python-pymongo
+scons
+snappy
+valgrind
+yaml-cpp
+yaml-cpp03
+
+runtime dependencies calculated by brt_dep_solver
+-------------------------------------------------
+boost
+yaml-cpp