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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 rule_update(self, rule_id, rule):
 """Update the rule. """

        if rule_id not in self.rules:
            LOG.error("Rule ID not present %s", rule_id)
            return
        self.rules[rule_id].update(rule)