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 # liba52dec
 
+liba52 is a free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams released under the terms of the GPL license.
+The A/52 standard is used in a variety of applications, including digital television and DVD. It is also known as AC-3.
+
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+Name:          liba52dec
+Version:       0.7.4
+Release:       4mamba
+Summary:       A library for decoding ATSC A/52 (aka AC-3) audio streams
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://liba52.sourceforge.net/
+Source:        http://liba52.sf.net/files/a52dec-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       GPL
+Obsoletes:     a52dec
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+liba52 is a free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams released under the terms of the GPL license.
+The A/52 standard is used in a variety of applications, including digital television and DVD. It is also known as AC-3.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:       Development header files and static library for %{name}
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Requires:      %{name} = %{version}
+Obsoletes:     a52dec-devel
+
+%description devel
+liba52 is a free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams released under the terms of the GPL license.
+The A/52 standard is used in a variety of applications, including digital television and DVD. It is also known as AC-3.
+
+These are the header files and static libraries from %{name} that are needed to build programs that use it.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n a52dec-%{version}
+
+%build
+%configure --enable-shared
+%make CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fpic -fPIC"
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING HISTORY NEWS README TODO doc/liba52.txt
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+%{_includedir}/*
+%{_libdir}/*.a
+%{_libdir}/*.la
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+
+%changelog
+* Tue May 27 2008 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.7.4-4mamba
+- specfile updated
+- updated maintainer
+
+* Wed Feb 15 2006 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@qilinux.it> 0.7.4-3qilnx
+- build libraries in PIC mode
+
+* Sat Oct 02 2004 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@qilinux.it> 0.7.4-2qilnx
+- specfile modified to match QiLinux standards
+- library name modified (was a52dec)
+
+* Fri Sep 10 2004 Matteo Bernasconi <voyagernm@virgilio.it> 0.7.4-1qilnx
+- first build