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-# upm
-
-The upm package
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-SHA512 (v1.7.1.tar.gz) = 39192d455bbfca49c0d0fa80c9f9f800e9708520080bd026bf12cfc7088a5cdaf734de055d547bb58efebbc7cbe001e938384192c433406661396d8b9989092d
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-Name:    upm
-Version: 1.7.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
-Summary: A high level library for sensors and actuators
-License: MIT
-URL:     http://iotdk.intel.com/docs/master/upm/index.html
-
-Source0: https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/upm/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
-
-# To quote "Only x86, arm and mock platforms currently supported"
-ExcludeArch:   %{power64} s390x
-
-BuildRequires: cmake
-BuildRequires: gcc gcc-c++
-BuildRequires: libjpeg-turbo-devel
-BuildRequires: mraa-devel
-BuildRequires: nodejs-devel nodejs-packaging nodejs-mraa
-BuildRequires: python3-devel python3-setuptools python3-mraa
-BuildRequires: swig
-BuildRequires: doxygen graphviz sphinx
-
-%description
-UPM is a high level repository that provides software drivers for a wide variety 
-of commonly used sensors and actuators. These software drivers interact with the 
-underlying hardware platform through calls to MRAA APIs.
-
-%package devel
-Summary: Development package for %{name}
-Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: libjpeg-turbo-devel
-Requires: mraa-devel
-
-%description devel
-Files for development with %{name}.
-
-%package -n python3-upm
-Summary: Python3 bindings for sensors and actuators
-License: GPLv2+
-%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-upm}
-Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: python3-mraa
-
-%description -n python3-upm
-Python3 bindings for sensors and actuators
-
-%package -n nodejs-upm
-Summary: NodeJS package for sensors and actuators
-License: GPLv2+
-Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: nodejs-mraa
-
-%description -n nodejs-upm
-NodeJS bindings for sensors and actuators
-
-%prep
-%autosetup -p1
-
-find . -name \*.cxx -exec chmod -x {} \;
-
-%build
-if [ "%{_libdir}" = "%{_prefix}/lib64" ]; then
-  %cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON -DUSE_LIB64:BOOL=ON -DVERSION:STRING=%{version} .
-else
-  %cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON -DUSE_LIB64:BOOL=OFF -DVERSION:STRING=%{version} .
-fi
-
-%make_build
-
-%install
-%make_install
-
-rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_includedir}/upm/upm_utilities.hpp
-
-# Symlink nodejs dependencies
-%nodejs_symlink_deps
-
-%ldconfig_scriptlets
-
-%files
-%license LICENSE
-%doc README.md
-%{_libdir}/lib%{name}*.so.*
-
-%files devel
-%{_includedir}/upm/
-%{_datadir}/upm/
-%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}*.pc
-%{_libdir}/lib%{name}*.so
-
-%files -n python3-upm
-%{python3_sitearch}/upm/
-
-%files -n nodejs-upm
-%{nodejs_sitelib}/jsupm_*/
-
-%changelog
-* Sun Oct 14 2018 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1.7.1-1
-- New upstream 1.7.1 release
-- Minor cleanups
-
-* Mon Sep 10 2018 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1.7.0-2
-- Add nodejs-mraa dep for nodejs-upm sub package
-
-* Sun Sep  9 2018 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1.7.0-1
-- New upstream 1.7.0 release
-
-* Thu Oct 12 2017 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1.5.0-1
-- New upstream 1.5.0 release
-
-* Tue May 16 2017 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 1.3.0-1
-- Initial package