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 # libsmf
 
+LibSMF is a BSD-licensed C library for handling SMF ("*.mid") files. It transparently handles conversions between time and pulses, tempo map handling etc.
+
diff --git a/libsmf.spec b/libsmf.spec
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+Name:          libsmf
+Version:       1.3
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       Standard MIDI File format library
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://sourceforge.net/projects/libsmf
+Source:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libsmf/libsmf/%{version}/libsmf-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       BSD
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libglib-devel
+BuildRequires: libncurses-devel
+BuildRequires: libreadline-devel
+BuildRequires: pkg-config
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+LibSMF is a BSD-licensed C library for handling SMF ("*.mid") files. It transparently handles conversions between time and pulses, tempo map handling etc.
+
+%package devel
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Development files for %{name}
+Requires:      %{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+## note: you can add this requirement if .pc files are provided by this package
+#Requires:      pkg-config
+
+%description devel
+This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+%debug_package
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/smfsh
+%{_libdir}/libsmf.so.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/smfsh.1.gz
+%doc COPYING
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_includedir}/smf.h
+%{_libdir}/libsmf.a
+%{_libdir}/libsmf.la
+%{_libdir}/libsmf.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/smf.pc
+%doc NEWS TODO
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Oct 20 2012 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.3-1mamba
+- package created by autospec