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 # hfst-ospell
 
+HFST spell checker library and command line tool.
+
diff --git a/hfst-ospell.spec b/hfst-ospell.spec
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+Name:          hfst-ospell
+Version:       0.5.1
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       HFST spell checker library and command line tool
+Group:         Applications/Spelling Checker
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           https://github.com/hfst/hfst-ospell
+## GITSOURCE https://github.com/hfst/hfst-ospell.git v0.5.1
+Source:        https://github.com/hfst/hfst-ospell.git/v%{version}/hfst-ospell-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       Apache License 2.0
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libacl-devel
+BuildRequires: libarchive-devel
+BuildRequires: libbzip2-devel
+BuildRequires: libffi-devel
+BuildRequires: libgcc
+BuildRequires: libglib-devel
+BuildRequires: libglibmm-devel
+BuildRequires: libicu-devel
+BuildRequires: liblzma-devel
+BuildRequires: libnettle-devel
+BuildRequires: libopenssl-devel
+BuildRequires: libpcre-devel
+BuildRequires: libsigc++-devel
+BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
+BuildRequires: libxml++2-devel
+BuildRequires: libxml2-devel
+BuildRequires: libz-devel
+BuildRequires: libzstd-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+Requires:      libhfstospell = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+HFST spell checker library and command line tool.
+
+%package -n libhfstospell
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Summary:       Shared libraries for %{name}
+
+%description -n libhfstospell
+This package contains shared libraries for %{name}.
+
+%package -n libhfstospell-devel
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Development files for %{name}
+Requires:      libhfstospell = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+## note: you can add this requirement if .pc files are provided by this package
+#Requires:      pkg-config
+
+%description -n libhfstospell-devel
+This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+
+%debug_package
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+./autogen.sh
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post -n libhfstospell -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libhfstospell -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/hfst-ospell
+%{_bindir}/hfst-ospell-office
+%{_mandir}/man1/hfst-ospell-office.1*
+%{_mandir}/man1/hfst-ospell.1*
+
+%files -n libhfstospell
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/libhfstospell.so.*
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING
+
+%files -n libhfstospell-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_includedir}/*.h
+%{_libdir}/libhfstospell.a
+%{_libdir}/libhfstospell.la
+%{_libdir}/libhfstospell.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/hfstospell.pc
+%doc ChangeLog ChangeLog.old NEWS README
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Apr 25 2019 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.5.1-1mamba
+- package created using the webbuild interface