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 # libexempi
 
+libexempi provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata. It is a port of Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX and to be build with GNU automake. It includes XMPCore and XMPFiles.
+
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+Name:          libexempi
+Version:       2.2.1
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       a library to parse XMP metadata.
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki/Exempi
+Source:        http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/download/exempi-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       BSD
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libexpat-devel
+BuildRequires: libgcc
+BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
+BuildRequires: libz-devel
+BuildRequires: pkg-config
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRequires: libboost-devel
+#BuildRequires: libiconv-devel
+BuildRequires: libXpm-devel
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig
+#BuildRequires: gdb
+#BuildRequires: valgrind
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+%{name} provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata. It is a port of Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX and to be build with GNU automake. It includes XMPCore and XMPFiles.
+
+%package devel
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Libraries and headers for %{name}
+Requires:      %{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+%{name} provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata. It is a port of Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX and to be build with GNU automake. It includes XMPCore and XMPFiles.
+
+This package contains libraries and header files need for development.
+
+%package static
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Static libraries for %{name}
+Requires:      %{name}-devel = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description static
+%{name} provides a library for easy parsing of XMP metadata. It is a port of Adobe XMP SDK to work on UNIX and to be build with GNU automake. It includes XMPCore and XMPFiles.
+
+This package contains static libraries need for development.
+
+%prep
+
+%setup -q -n exempi-%{version}
+
+%build
+%configure LDFLAGS="-L%{_libdir}" CPPFLAGS="-I%{_includedir}"
+sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
+sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
+%make
+
+#check
+#ake check
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/exempi
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/exempi.1.gz
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%dir %{_includedir}/exempi-2.0
+%dir %{_includedir}/exempi-2.0/exempi
+%{_includedir}/exempi-2.0/exempi/*.h
+%{_includedir}/exempi-2.0/exempi/xmp++.hpp
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
+%doc ChangeLog NEWS README
+
+%files static
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/*.a
+%{_libdir}/*.la
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jul 10 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.2.1-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Oct 09 2012 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.2.0-1mamba
+- update to 2.2.0
+
+* Sun May 16 2010 gil <puntogil@libero.it> 2.1.1-1mamba
+- update to 2.1.1
+
+* Sun Feb 01 2009 gil <puntogil@libero.it> 2.1.0-1mamba
+- package created by autospec