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-lirc-xmms-plugin-1.4.tar.bz2
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+2015-11-15: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
+more than six weeks.
+
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-d853ef236a67eef0d61749fca90a0990  lirc-xmms-plugin-1.4.tar.bz2
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-%define xmms_generaldir %(xmms-config --general-plugin-dir)
-%define real_name       lirc-xmms-plugin
-
-Summary: X MultiMedia System control plugin to use infrared devices
-Name: xmms-lirc
-Version: 1.4
-Release: 4.1
-License: GPL
-Group: Applications/Multimedia
-URL: http://www.lirc.org/
-Source: http://dl.sf.net/lirc/lirc-xmms-plugin-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
-Requires: xmms >= 1.0.0, glib >= 1.2.7, gtk+ >= 1.2.7, lirc
-BuildRequires: xmms-devel, glib-devel >= 1.2.7, gtk+-devel >= 1.2.7, lirc-devel
-
-
-%description
-LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control) plugin for XMMS (X Multimedia System).
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -n %{real_name}-%{version}
-
-
-%build
-./configure
-%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
-%{__make} install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
-
-
-%clean
-%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-, root, root, 0755)
-%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README
-%{xmms_generaldir}/liblirc.so
-%exclude %{xmms_generaldir}/liblirc.la
-
-
-%changelog
-* Wed Mar 30 2005 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 1.4-4.1
-- BuildRequire lirc-devel.
-
-* Thu Jan 13 2005 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 1.4-4
-- Bump release for upgrade path.
-
-* Wed May 19 2004 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 1.4-3
-- Rebuilt for Fedora Core 2.
-
-* Wed Jan  7 2004 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/> 1.4-2
-- Rebuilt for Fedora Core 1.
-
-* Wed May 14 2003 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/>
-- Update to 1.4.
-
-* Mon Mar 31 2003 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/>
-- Update to 1.3.
-- Rebuilt for Red Hat Linux 9.
-- Exclude .la file.
-
-* Wed Oct  9 2002 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/>
-- Rebuilt for Red Hat Linux 8.0.
-
-* Fri May  3 2002 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/>
-- Changed the xmms General dir to be expanded from xmms-config (cleaner).
-- Rebuilt against Red Hat Linux 7.3.
-- Added the %{?_smp_mflags} expansion.
-
-* Fri Oct  5 2001 Matthias Saou <http://freshrpms.net/>
-- Initial RPM release.
-