diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+varconf-0.6.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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index 5204a84..0000000
--- a/dead.package
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Orphaned for 6+ weeks
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3fd80433af2fd96f4eaab23f4ebbe343  varconf-0.6.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch b/varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6578d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- varconf-0.6.5/varconf/variable.cpp.orig	2008-02-09 15:57:41.000000000 -0800
++++ varconf-0.6.5/varconf/variable.cpp	2008-02-09 15:57:50.000000000 -0800
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <string>
+ #include <cstdio>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ 
+ #ifdef __WIN32__
+ #include <tchar.h>
diff --git a/varconf.spec b/varconf.spec
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+++ b/varconf.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+Name:           varconf
+Version:        0.6.5
+Release:        4%{?dist}
+Summary:        Configuration library used by WorldForge clients
+
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+License:        LGPLv2+
+URL:            http://worldforge.org/dev/eng/libraries/varconf
+Source0:        http://dl.sourceforge.net/worldforge/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildRequires:  libsigc++20-devel
+
+%description
+Varconf is a configuration library intended for all applications. It manages
+configuration data in files, command line arguments, and is used by most
+WorldForge components.
+
+
+%package devel
+Summary: Development files for varconf library
+Group:   Development/Libraries
+Requires: pkgconfig %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+
+%description devel
+Development libraries and headers for linking against the varconf library.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
+
+
+%build
+%configure
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
+
+## cleaning up redundant docs
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}
+
+%check
+make %{?_smp_mflags} check
+cd tests ; ./conftest < conf.cfg
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog README THANKS TODO
+%{_libdir}/lib%{name}-1.0.so.*
+
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/%{name}-1.0
+%{_libdir}/lib%{name}-1.0.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.6.5-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Feb 9 2008 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.5-3
+- Rebuild for gcc 4.3
+
+* Tue Aug 21 2007 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.5-2
+- License tag clarification
+
+* Tue Jan 16 2007 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.5-1
+- Update to 0.6.5
+
+* Mon Aug 28 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-4
+- Rebuild for Fedora Extras
+
+* Wed Jul 19 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-3
+- Add command to %%check to execute tests
+
+* Fri Jul 14 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-2
+- Added Requires: pkgconfig to -devel subpackage
+- Change license from GPL -> LGPL
+- Added missing header to test file
+- Use smp_mflags with test suie
+
+* Wed Jun 14 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-1
+- Initial spec file for Fedora Extras