diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/python2-chardet-2.0.1.tgz
diff --git a/python-chardet.spec b/python-chardet.spec
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index 0000000..f651fd2
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+%global __python2 /usr/bin/python2.6
+%global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
+
+%global srcname python2-chardet
+%global realname chardet
+
+Name:           python-%{realname}
+Version:        2.0.1
+Release:        2%{?dist}
+Summary:        Character encoding auto-detection in Python
+
+Group:          Development/Languages
+License:        LGPLv2
+URL:            http://chardet.feedparser.org
+Source0:        http://chardet.feedparser.org/download/%{srcname}-%{version}.tgz
+
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+BuildRequires:  python26-devel
+BuildRequires:  python26-distribute
+Requires:       python26
+
+%description
+Character encoding auto-detection in Python. As smart as your browser. Open
+source.
+
+%package -n python26-%{realname}
+Summary:        Character encoding auto-detection in Python
+Group:          Development/Languages
+Requires:       python26
+
+%description -n python26-%{realname}
+Character encoding auto-detection in Python. As smart as your browser. Open
+source.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+
+%build
+%{__python2} setup.py build
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%{__python2} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
+chmod -x COPYING
+ 
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files -n python26-%{realname}
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING
+%{python2_sitelib}/*
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Aug 5 2010 Erik Johnson <erik@saltstack.com> 2.0.1-2
+- Initial EL5 build
+
+* Wed Jan 13 2010 Kushal Das <kushal@fedoraproject.org> 2.0.1-1
+- New release
+
+* Sun Jul 26 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Aug 04 2008 Kushal Das <kushal@fedoraproject.org> 1.0.1-1
+- Initial release
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
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+ec771971bab5dd1943a10362ebd2fd4c  python2-chardet-2.0.1.tgz