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 # ace
 
+A C++ framework for implementing distributed and networked applications.
+
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+Name:          ace
+Version:       7.0.6
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A C++ framework for implementing distributed and networked applications
+Group:         Development/Tools
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/TAO.html
+Source:        https://github.com/DOCGroup/ACE_TAO/releases/download/ACE%2BTAO-%{version}/ACE-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       Custom
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libgcc
+BuildRequires: libperl
+BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
+BuildRequires: perl-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description
+A C++ framework for implementing distributed and networked applications.
+
+%package -n lib%{name}
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Summary:       A C++ framework for implementing distributed and networked applications
+
+%description -n lib%{name}
+A C++ framework for implementing distributed and networked applications.
+This package contains shared libraries for %{name}.
+
+%package -n lib%{name}-devel
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Development files for %{name}
+Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+Requires:      pkg-config
+Provides:      perl(Driver)
+Provides:      perl(MakeProjectBase)
+Provides:      perl(MakeWorkspaceBase)
+Provides:      perl(ObjectGenerator)
+Provides:      perl(ProjectCreator)
+Provides:      perl(WorkspaceCreator)
+Provides:      perl(WorkspaceHelper)
+Provides:      perl(DependencyWriter)
+Provides:      perl(WIXProjectCreator)
+
+%description -n lib%{name}-devel
+This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+
+%debug_package
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n ACE_wrappers -D -T
+
+%build
+:<< _EOF
+export ACE_ROOT=$PWD
+echo '#include "ace/config-linux.h"' > ace/config.h
+echo 'INSTALL_PREFIX = %{_prefix}
+include $(ACE_ROOT)/include/makeinclude/platform_linux.GNU' > include/makeinclude/platform_macros.GNU
+
+cd ace
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+export ACE_ROOT=$PWD
+cd ace
+%makeinstall INSTALL_LIB=%{_lib}
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post -n lib%{name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n lib%{name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n lib%{name}
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/libACE.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libACE_Compression.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libACE_ETCL.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libACE_ETCL_Parser.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libACE_Monitor_Control.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libACE_RLECompression.so.*
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING THANKS
+
+%files -n lib%{name}-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%dir %{_datadir}/ace
+%{_datadir}/ace/*
+%dir %{_includedir}/ace
+%{_includedir}/ace/*
+%{_libdir}/libACE.so
+%{_libdir}/libACE_Compression.so
+%{_libdir}/libACE_ETCL.so
+%{_libdir}/libACE_ETCL_Parser.so
+%{_libdir}/libACE_Monitor_Control.so
+%{_libdir}/libACE_RLECompression.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ACE.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ACE_ETCL.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ACE_ETCL_Parser.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ACE_Monitor_Control.pc
+%doc NEWS README
+
+%changelog
+* Tue May 03 2022 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 7.0.6-1mamba
+- package created using the webbuild interface