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+/zimlib-1.0.tar.gz
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-Renamed to libzim.
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+d5370ef03c4399ffb73e73807e0bec14  zimlib-1.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/zimlib.spec b/zimlib.spec
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+Name:           zimlib
+Version:        1.0
+Release:        16%{?dist}
+Summary:        Library for reading/writing ZIM files
+
+License:        GPLv2+
+URL:            http://openzim.org/wiki/Main_Page
+Source0:        http://www.openzim.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:  xz-devel
+
+%description
+The zimlib is the standard implementation of the ZIM specification. It is a
+library which implements the read and write method for ZIM files. Use zimlib in
+your own software - like reader applications - to make them ZIM-capable without
+the need having to dig too much into the ZIM file format. zimlib is written in
+C++. It also includes the binaries zimsearch and zimdump, for directly
+searching and viewing ZIM file contents.
+
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+
+%description    devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
+developing applications that use %{name}. 
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+%configure --disable-static
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+
+%install
+# notified upstream about non-preserving installation of files. He filed a bug. 
+%make_install INSTALL="/usr/bin/install -c -p"
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+
+%files
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING 
+%{_bindir}/zimdump
+%{_bindir}/zimsearch
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%{_includedir}/zim/
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-16
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Aug 03 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-15
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-14
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon May 15 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-13
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Feb 11 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-12
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Feb 05 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-11
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jun 19 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-10
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat May 02 2015 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 1.0-9
+- Rebuilt for GCC 5 C++11 ABI change
+
+* Mon Aug 18 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-8
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sun Aug 04 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Apr 26 2013 Micah Roth <micah.roth_ucla.edu> 1.0-5
+- forced INSTALL to preserve timestamps for non-compiled files
+
+* Thu Apr 25 2013 Micah Roth <micah.roth_ucla.edu> 1.0-4
+- --formal review volter--
+- removed INSTALL, NEWS, README files from %%docs
+- added COPYING file to %%docs
+- removed unnecessary commented lines and empty sections
+- improved %%files devel section with asterisk removal and more specificity
+- added spaces in the %%changelog area between updates
+
+* Tue Apr 23 2013 Micah Roth <micah.roth_ucla.edu> 1.0-3
+- --informal review volter--
+- updated descriptions to match %%files lists
+- added --disable-static to %%configure
+
+* Sat Apr 20 2013 Micah Roth <micah.roth_ucla.edu> 1.0-2
+- added %%doc files
+- removed commented lines
+- removed --disable-static because it doesn't apply (right?)
+- ---volter's informal review---
+- moved binaries to base package %%files list
+- commented libtool BR
+- uncommented removal of *la file(s)
+- added macros into Source0
+- commented *a %%files list entry
+
+* Sat Apr 20 2013 Micah Roth <micah.roth_ucla.edu> 1.0-1
+- created spec file
+- commented automake and autotools BRs as recommended by rdieter