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 # lzop
 
+lzop is a file compressor which is very similar to gzip. lzop uses the LZO data compression library for compression services, and its main advantages over gzip are much higher  compression and decompression speed (at the cost of some compression ratio).
+
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+Name:          lzop
+Version:       1.03
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A file compressor which uses LZO for compression services
+Group:         Applications/Archiving
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@qilinux.it>
+URL:           http://www.lzop.org/
+Source:        http://www.%{name}.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       GPL
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: liblzo-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+
+%description
+lzop is a file compressor which is very similar to gzip. lzop uses the LZO data compression library for compression services, and its main advantages over gzip are much higher  compression and decompression speed (at the cost of some compression ratio).
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/%{name}
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Nov 06 2010 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.03-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Sat Oct 04 2008 Tiziana Ferro <tiziana.ferro@email.it> 1.02rc1-2mamba
+- format description
+- update Vendor, Distribution, buildrequirements list
+
+* Fri Jan 27 2006 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@qilinux.it> 1.02rc1-1qilnx
+- package created by autospec