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 # libradiusclient-ng
 
+Radiusclient is a framework and library for writing RADIUS clients.
+The distribution contains a flexible RADIUS aware login replacement, a command line program to send RADIUS accounting records and a utility to query the status of a (Merit) RADIUS server.
+All these programs are based on a library which lets you develop your own RADIUS aware application in less than 50 lines of C code.
+It is highly portable and runs at least under Linux, a lot of BSD variants and Solaris.
+
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+Name:          libradiusclient-ng
+Version:       0.5.6
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       Radiusclient is a framework and library for writing RADIUS clients
+Group:         System/Multimedia
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com>
+URL:           http://developer.berlios.de/projects/radiusclient-ng
+Source0:       http://download.berlios.de/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient-ng-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       LGPL
+Provides:      libradiusclient = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes:     libradiusclient
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+# note: the divx4linux backend is not compiled because Divx4Linux is covered
+# by a NON-FREE license
+
+%description
+Radiusclient is a framework and library for writing RADIUS clients.
+The distribution contains a flexible RADIUS aware login replacement, a command line program to send RADIUS accounting records and a utility to query the status of a (Merit) RADIUS server.
+All these programs are based on a library which lets you develop your own RADIUS aware application in less than 50 lines of C code. 
+It is highly portable and runs at least under Linux, a lot of BSD variants and Solaris.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:       Static libraries and header for %{name}
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Requires:      %{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+Provides:      libradiusclient-devel = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes:     libradiusclient-devel
+
+%description devel
+Radiusclient is a framework and library for writing RADIUS clients.
+The distribution contains a flexible RADIUS aware login replacement, a command line program to send RADIUS accounting records and a utility to query the status of a (Merit) RADIUS server. All these programs are based on a library which lets you develop your own RADIUS aware application in less than 50 lines of C code.
+It is highly portable and runs at least under Linux, a lot of BSD variants and Solaris.
+
+This package contains static libraries and header files need for development.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n radiusclient-ng-%{version}
+
+%build
+%configure --enable-radius-116
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libradiusclient-ng.a
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_sbindir}/login.radius
+%{_sbindir}/radacct
+%{_sbindir}/radexample
+%{_sbindir}/radiusclient
+%{_sbindir}/radlogin
+%{_sbindir}/radstatus
+%{_libdir}/libradiusclient-ng.so.*
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/radiusclient-ng/
+%{_sysconfdir}/radiusclient-ng/*
+%doc COPYRIGHT
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_includedir}/radiusclient-ng.h
+%{_libdir}/libradiusclient-ng.la
+%{_libdir}/libradiusclient-ng.so
+%doc BUGS CHANGES README* doc/instop.html
+
+%changelog
+* Sun Oct 17 2010 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com> 0.5.6-1mamba
+- update to 0.5.6
+- remove compatibility package libradiusclient0
+
+* Mon Oct 22 2007 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 0.5.5-2mamba
+- add compatibility package libradiusclient0
+
+* Fri Sep 28 2007 Aleph0 <aleph0@openmamba.org> 0.5.5-1mamba
+- update to 0.5.5
+
+* Wed Jun 30 2004 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@qilinux.it> 0.3.3-1qilnx
+- first build