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-/wingpanel-indicator-sound-2.0.3.tar.xz
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+remove package (temporarily) due to unresolved issues with GNOME 43
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-SHA512 (wingpanel-indicator-sound-2.0.3.tar.xz) = b18e285d7ca7b468bb5ecd183621902643188c451b4433bbc6c6f19c35e1540adf009ad0af31cf56366d9e2436c0d539fab17b790d288768c7f205b985c197df
diff --git a/wingpanel-indicator-sound.spec b/wingpanel-indicator-sound.spec
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-%global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/wingpanel/.*\\.so$
-
-Name:           wingpanel-indicator-sound
-Summary:        Sound Indicator for wingpanel
-Version:        2.0.3
-Release:        4%{?dist}
-License:        GPLv3
-URL:            https://launchpad.net/wingpanel-indicator-sound
-
-Source0:        https://launchpad.net/%{name}/loki/%{version}/+download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-
-BuildRequires:  cmake
-BuildRequires:  gettext
-BuildRequires:  vala >= 0.22.0
-BuildRequires:  vala-tools
-
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(granite)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcanberra)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libcanberra-gtk)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnotify)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpulse)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpulse-mainloop-glib)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(wingpanel-2.0)
-
-Supplements:    wingpanel
-
-
-%description
-A sound indicator for wingpanel.
-
-
-%prep
-%autosetup
-
-
-%build
-mkdir build && pushd build
-%cmake ..
-%make_build
-popd
-
-
-%install
-pushd build
-%make_install
-popd
-
-%find_lang sound-indicator
-
-
-%files -f sound-indicator.lang
-%{_libdir}/wingpanel/libsound.so
-
-%{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/org.pantheon.desktop.wingpanel.indicators.sound.gschema.xml
-
-
-%changelog
-* Wed Jan 25 2017 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.3-4
-- Remove explicit BR: pkgconfig.
-
-* Sat Jan 14 2017 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.3-3
-- Filter provides.
-
-* Fri Jan 13 2017 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.3-2
-- Clean up spec file.
-
-* Mon Oct 31 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.3-1
-- Update to version 2.0.3.
-
-* Tue Oct 04 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.2-1
-- Update to version 2.0.2.
-
-* Thu Sep 29 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.1-3
-- Mass rebuild.
-
-* Wed Sep 28 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.1-2
-- Spec file cleanups.
-
-* Sun Sep 11 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0.1-1
-- Update to version 2.0.1.
-
-* Sun Aug 21 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0-1
-- Update to latest snapshot.
-
-* Sun Aug 21 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com>
-- Weak inverse require wingpanel.
-
-* Sun Aug 21 2016 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.0-1
-- Update to version 2.0.
-