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+This package was retired on 2013-03-11 due to a lack of a willing Fedora maintainer.
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-119ec828ecad8dbf7afc4e71f4c4eb69  volpack-1.0c7.tgz
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-Name:          volpack
-Version:       1.0c7
-Release:       7%{?dist}
-Summary:       Portable library for fast volume rendering
-Group:         System Environment/Libraries
-License:       BSD
-URL:           http://amide.sourceforge.net
-Source0:       http://downloads.sourceforge.net/amide/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tgz
-BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildRequires: m4
-
-%description 
-VolPack is a portable library of fast volume rendering algorithms that
-produce high-quality images.
-
-
-%package       devel
-Summary:       Shared libraries and header files for development using volpack
-Group:         Development/Libraries
-Requires:      volpack = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description   devel
-The volpack-devel package contains the header files and shared libraries
-necessary for developing programs using the volpack volume rendering 
-library.
-
-
-%package       doc
-Summary:       Documentation and examples for help using volpack
-Group:         Documentation
-Requires:      volpack = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description   doc
-The volpack-doc package contains docs and examples helpful for developing
-programs using the volpack volume rendering library.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-
-%build
-%configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-static
-# no %{?_smp_mflags} because parallel builds will fail very often
-make
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
-
-# remove doc and example files we don't want to package
-rm -f doc/vp_userguide..pdf doc/Makefile*
-pushd examples
-make clean
-rm -f Makefile.*
-chmod 644 test.csh
-popd
-
-
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog README
-%{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
-%{_libdir}/*.so.*
-
-
-%files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_includedir}/*
-%{_libdir}/*.so
-
-
-%files doc
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc doc/ examples/
-
-
-%changelog
-* Fri Feb 15 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0c7-7
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sun Jul 22 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0c7-6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jan 14 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0c7-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0c7-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sun Oct 04 2009 Sandro Mathys <red at fedoraproject.org> - 1.0c7-3
-- Disabled parallel building due to problems
-
-* Sat Oct 03 2009 Sandro Mathys <red at fedoraproject.org> - 1.0c7-2
-- Fixed some bits and added a doc subpackage
-
-* Sat Oct 03 2009 Sandro Mathys <red at fedoraproject.org> - 1.0c7-1
-- initial build
-