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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read_local_manifest(output_path):
 """Return the contents of the local manifest, as a dictionary."""

    local_manifest_path = get_local_manifest_path(output_path)
    try:
        with open(local_manifest_path, 'r') as f:
            manifest = dict(get_files_from_textfile(f))
            logging.debug('Retrieving %s elements from manifest', len(manifest))
            return manifest
    except IOError:
        logging.debug('No local manifest at %s', local_manifest_path)
        return {}