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 # meld
 
+Meld is a visual diff and merge tool.
+You can compare two or three files and edit them in place (diffs update dynamically).
+You can compare two or three folders and launch file comparisons.
+You can browse and view a working copy from popular version control systems such such as CVS, Subversion, Bazaar-ng and Mercurial.
+
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+Name:          meld
+Version:       1.8.4
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A visual diff and merge tool
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org>
+URL:           http://meld.sourceforge.net/
+Source:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/meld/%{majorminor}/meld-%{version}.tar.xz
+License:       GPL
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: libpython-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRequires: libscrollkeeper-devel
+BuildRequires: intltool
+Requires:      python
+Requires:      patch
+Requires:      pygobject
+Requires:      pygtk
+Requires:      pygtksourceview
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+BuildArch:     noarch
+
+%description
+Meld is a visual diff and merge tool.
+You can compare two or three files and edit them in place (diffs update dynamically).
+You can compare two or three folders and launch file comparisons.
+You can browse and view a working copy from popular version control systems such such as CVS, Subversion, Bazaar-ng and Mercurial.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+sed -i "s|update-mime-database|/bin/true|" Makefile
+sed -i "s|update-desktop-database|/bin/true|" Makefile
+
+%build
+%make \
+  prefix=%{_prefix} \
+  libdir=%{_datadir}
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall \
+  prefix=%{_prefix} \
+  libdir=%{_datadir}
+
+# remove scrollkeeper files
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_prefix}%{_localstatedir}/lib/scrollkeeper
+
+# install manual page
+install -D -m0664 meld.1 \
+  %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/meld.1
+
+%find_lang %{name}
+
+%files -f %{name}.lang
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/meld
+%{_datadir}/meld
+%{_datadir}/appdata/meld.appdata.xml
+%{_datadir}/applications/meld.desktop
+%{_datadir}/gnome/help/meld
+%{_datadir}/icons/HighContrast/scalable/apps/meld.svg
+%{_datadir}/mime/packages/meld.xml
+%{_datadir}/omf/meld
+%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/meld.*
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+%doc COPYING
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jan 22 2014 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.8.4-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Sun Dec 15 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.8.3-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Fri Oct 18 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.8.2-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Mon Sep 23 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.8.1-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Mon Sep 16 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.8.0-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Sun Sep 01 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.5-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Sun Jul 28 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.4-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Jun 04 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.3-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Apr 16 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.2-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Sun Mar 03 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.1-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Nov 06 2012 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.0-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Oct 23 2012 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.6.1-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Jul 03 2012 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org> 1.6.0-1mamba
+- update to 1.6.0
+
+* Tue Jul 26 2011 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.5.2-1mamba
+- update to 1.5.2
+
+* Fri May 20 2011 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org> 1.5.1-1mamba
+- package created by autospec