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 # mftrace
 
+A small Python program that lets you trace a TeX bitmap font into a PFA or PFB font (A PostScript Type1 Scalable Font) or TTF (TrueType) font.
+
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+Name:          mftrace
+Version:       1.2.18
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A small Python program that lets you trace a TeX bitmap font into a PFA, PFB or TTF font
+Group:         System/Tools
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://lilypond.org/mftrace/
+Source:        http://lilypond.org/download/sources/mftrace/mftrace-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       GPL
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+BuildRequires: python-devel
+BuildRequires: potrace
+
+%description
+A small Python program that lets you trace a TeX bitmap font into a PFA or PFB font (A PostScript Type1 Scalable Font) or TTF (TrueType) font.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/gf2pbm
+%{_bindir}/mftrace
+%{_mandir}/man1/mftrace.1.gz
+%{_datadir}/mftrace/afm.py
+%{_datadir}/mftrace/afm.pyc
+%{_datadir}/mftrace/tfm.py
+%{_datadir}/mftrace/tfm.pyc
+%doc COPYING ChangeLog README.texi README.txt
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Jul 09 2012 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.2.18-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Dec 09 2008 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.2.15-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Sat Sep 15 2007 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.2.14-1mamba
+- package created by autospec