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 # atom-bin
 
+Atom is a text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file (upstream binary distribution).
+
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+Name:          atom-bin
+Version:       1.19.4
+Release:       2mamba
+Summary:       A text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core (upstream binary distribution)
+Group:         Graphical Desktop/Applications/Utilities
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           https://atom.io/
+## GITSOURCE https://github.com/atom/atom.git v1.5.3
+Source:        https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/v%{version}/atom-amd64.tar.gz
+#Source:        https://github.com/atom/atom.git/v%{version}/atom-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       MIT
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+Atom is a text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file (upstream binary distribution).
+
+%debug_package
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n atom-%{version}-amd64
+
+#sed -i -e "/exception-reporting/d" \
+#       -e "/metrics/d" package.json
+#
+#sed -e "s/<%= description %>/%{summary}/" \
+#    -e "s|<%= appName %>|Atom|"\
+#    -e "s|<%= installDir %>/share/<%= appFileName %>|%{_bindir}|"\
+#    -e "s|<%= iconPath %>|atom|"\
+#    resources/linux/atom.desktop.in > resources/linux/atom.desktop
+
+%define _use_internal_dependency_generator 0
+
+%define __find_provides %{_builddir}/atom-%{version}-amd64/find_provides.sh
+cat > %{_builddir}/atom-%{version}-amd64/find_provides.sh <<_EOF
+#! /bin/sh
+grep -v %{buildroot}%{_datadir} | \
+%{_prefix}/lib/rpm/find-provides %{buildroot} %{_target_cpu}
+_EOF
+chmod +x %{_builddir}/atom-%{version}-amd64/find_provides.sh
+
+%define __find_requires %{_builddir}/atom-%{version}-amd64/find_requires.sh
+cat > %{_builddir}/atom-%{version}-amd64/find_requires.sh <<_EOF
+#! /bin/sh
+%{_prefix}/lib/rpm/find-requires %{buildroot} %{_target_cpu} 2>/dev/null |
+while read line; do
+   [ ! -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/atom-x86_64/\${line/\(*} ] && echo "\$line"
+done
+_EOF
+chmod +x %{_builddir}/atom-%{version}-amd64/find_requires.sh
+
+%build
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+install -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/atom-x86_64
+
+cp -a * %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/atom-x86_64/
+
+install -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
+ln -s %{_datadir}/atom-x86_64/atom %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/atom-x86_64
+
+install -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications
+cat > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/atom-bin.desktop << _EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Atom (upstream binary distribution)
+GenericName=Text Editor
+Exec=/usr/bin/atom-x86_64 %F
+Icon=atom-bin
+Type=Application
+StartupNotify=true
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TextEditor;Development;
+MimeType=text/plain;
+_EOF
+
+install -D -m0644 atom.png %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pixmaps/atom-bin.png
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/atom-x86_64
+%dir %{_datadir}/atom-x86_64
+%{_datadir}/atom-x86_64/*
+%{_datadir}/applications/atom-bin.desktop
+%{_datadir}/pixmaps/atom-bin.png
+%doc LICENSE
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Aug 30 2017 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.19.4-2mamba
+- added desktop entry and icon
+
+* Tue Aug 29 2017 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.19.4-1mamba
+- package upstream binary distribution for x86_64 since there are problems building it from source