diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/sevmgr-*.tar.*
+/sevmgr-*.src.rpm
+/sevmgr-*.*.*/
+/clog
+.build-*.*.log
+/noarch/
+/x86_64/
+/i?86/
+/tarballs/
+
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-epel8-playground decommissioned : https://pagure.io/epel/issue/136
diff --git a/sevmgr.spec b/sevmgr.spec
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+#
+Name:           sevmgr
+Version:        1.00.15
+Release:        %autorelease
+
+Summary:        C++ Simulation-Oriented Discrete Event Management Library
+
+License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
+URL:            https://github.com/airsim/%{name}
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  cmake
+BuildRequires:  boost-devel
+BuildRequires:  soci-devel
+BuildRequires:  soci-mysql-devel
+BuildRequires:  soci-sqlite3-devel
+BuildRequires:  soci-postgresql-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(readline)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(stdair)
+
+%description
+%{name} is a C++ library of discrete event queue management classes and
+functions, exclusively targeting simulation purposes.
+
+%{name} makes an extensive use of existing open-source libraries for
+increased functionality, speed and accuracy. In particular the
+Boost (C++ Standard Extensions: https://www.boost.org) library is used.
+
+Install the %{name} package if you need a library of basic C++ objects
+for the discrete event queue management of your simulation project.
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Header files, libraries and development helper tools for %{name}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       pkgconfig
+
+%description    devel
+This package contains the header files, shared libraries and
+development helper tools for %{name}. If you would like to develop
+programs using %{name}, you will need to install %{name}-devel.
+
+%package        doc
+Summary:        HTML documentation for the %{name} library
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  tex(latex)
+BuildRequires:  texlive-epstopdf
+BuildRequires:  doxygen
+BuildRequires:  ghostscript
+
+%description    doc
+This package contains HTML pages, as well as a PDF reference manual,
+for %{name}. All that documentation is generated thanks to Doxygen
+(https://doxygen.org). The content is the same as what can be browsed
+online (https://github.com/airsim/%{name}).
+
+
+%prep
+%autosetup
+
+%build
+%cmake 
+%cmake_build
+
+%install
+%cmake_install
+
+# Remove the Doxygen installer
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/html/installdox
+
+# Remove additional documentation files (those files are already available
+# in the project top directory)
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/{NEWS,README.md,AUTHORS}
+
+%check
+%ctest
+
+%files
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README.md
+%license COPYING
+%{_bindir}/%{name}
+%{_bindir}/%{name}_demo
+%{_libdir}/lib%{name}.so.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}_demo.1.*
+
+%files devel
+%{_includedir}/%{name}/
+%{_bindir}/%{name}-config
+%{_libdir}/lib%{name}.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
+%{_libdir}/cmake/%{name}/
+%{_datadir}/aclocal/%{name}.m4
+%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}-config.1.*
+%{_mandir}/man3/%{name}-library.3.*
+
+%files doc
+%doc %{_docdir}/%{name}/
+%license COPYING
+
+
+%changelog
+%autochangelog
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+SHA512 (sevmgr-1.00.15.tar.gz) = 2b9a0237dbcc004baa7277ceee68f7215314726f105cad609a2109768c1af24cc487a297e2ea77e943a5daffec5c4961d5c6ae1863dcfa042b27b8f02442b5e0