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 # lrzip
 
+lrzip is a compression program optimised for large files. The larger the file
+and the more memory you have, the better the compression advantage this will
+provide, especially once the files are larger than 100MB. The advantage can
+be chosen to be either size (much smaller than bzip2) or speed (much faster
+than bzip2).
+
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+Name:          lrzip
+Version:       0.616
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       is a compression program optimised for large files
+Group:         Applications/Archiving
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      openmamba WebBuild System <webbuild@openmamba.org>
+URL:           http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/
+Source:        http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/lrzip-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       GPL
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+## note: run 'autospec -u -a6 lrzip' to get the list of build requirements.
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+lrzip is a compression program optimised for large files. The larger the file
+and the more memory you have, the better the compression advantage this will
+provide, especially once the files are larger than 100MB. The advantage can
+be chosen to be either size (much smaller than bzip2) or speed (much faster
+than bzip2).
+
+%debug_package
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/lrunzip
+%{_bindir}/lrzcat
+%{_bindir}/lrzip
+%{_bindir}/lrztar
+%{_bindir}/lrzuntar
+%{_includedir}/Lrzip.h
+%{_libdir}/liblrzip.a
+%{_libdir}/liblrzip.la
+%{_libdir}/liblrzip.so
+%{_libdir}/liblrzip.so.0
+%{_libdir}/liblrzip.so.0.0.0
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/lrzip.pc
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/AUTHORS
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/BUGS
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/COPYING
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/ChangeLog
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/README
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/README-NOT-BACKWARD-COMPATIBLE
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/README.Assembler
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/README.benchmarks
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/TODO
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/WHATS-NEW
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/lrzip.conf.example
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/*.txt
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/lzma/*.txt
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/lzma/README
+%{_docdir}/lrzip/lzma/README-Alloc
+%{_mandir}/man*/*.gz
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Sep 09 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 0.616-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Mon Sep 02 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 0.615-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Fri Oct 12 2012 openmamba WebBuild System <webbuild@openmamba.org> 0.614-1mamba
+- package created by autospec