diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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-parseconfig-0.5.2.gem
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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+2017-05-10: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
+more than six weeks.
+
diff --git a/rubygem-parseconfig.spec b/rubygem-parseconfig.spec
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-%global gemdir %(ruby -rubygems -e 'puts Gem::dir' 2>/dev/null)
-%global gemname parseconfig 
-%global geminstdir %{gemdir}/gems/%{gemname}-%{version}
-
-Summary:        Ruby Configuration File Parser 
-Name:           rubygem-%{gemname}
-Version:        0.5.2 
-Release:        3%{?dist}
-Group:          Development/Languages
-License:        MIT 
-URL:            http://www.5dollarwhitebox.org 
-Source0:        http://rubygems.org/downloads/%{gemname}-%{version}.gem 
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-Requires:       rubygems, ruby(abi) >= 1.8
-BuildRequires:  rubygems
-BuildArch:      noarch
-Provides:       rubygem(%{gemname}) = %{version}
-
-%description
-ParseConfig is a Ruby class written to parse standard *nix style configuration
-files in the format of 'param = value'. The key benefit is that your ruby
-scripts can use the same configuration files of most unix/linux
-applications.
-
-%prep 
-
-%build
-# pass, nothing to do
-
-%install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gemdir}
-gem install --local --install-dir %{buildroot}%{gemdir} --force %{SOURCE0}
-
-%clean
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{gemdir}/cache/%{gemname}-%{version}.gem
-%{gemdir}/specifications/%{gemname}-%{version}.gemspec
-%dir %{geminstdir}
-%dir %{geminstdir}/lib/
-%{geminstdir}/lib/parseconfig.rb
-%doc %{gemdir}/doc/%{gemname}-%{version}/
-%doc %{geminstdir}/Changelog
-%doc %{geminstdir}/LICENSE
-%doc %{geminstdir}/README
-%doc %{geminstdir}/demo.conf
-%doc %{geminstdir}/demo.rb
-
-%changelog
-* Mon Apr 05 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.5.2-3
-- Removed comment from Source0, URL no longer changes
-- Resolved duplicate file listing
-
-* Mon Apr 05 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.5.2-2
-- Added geminstdir to file list
-- Requires: ruby(abi) >= 1.8
-- Removed check
-- Updated for current rubygems download url
-- Removed unused macros ruby_sitelib, installroot
-
-* Sat Feb 27 2010 BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@rackspace.com> - 0.5.2-1
-- Initial spec, borrowed from rubygem-cobbler
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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-12907f53149caceaa64f17689eb21840  parseconfig-0.5.2.gem