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 # mono-basic
 
+The Mono Visual Basic.NET compiler (vbnc) allows developers to continue to code in their preferred Visual Basic/Visual Studio environment and compile and run that same code base on a variety of operating systems and architectures, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
+A complete runtime for running Visual Basic.NET applications on Mono was contributed by Mainsoft (http://www.mainsoft.com) in Java and has been ported to C#.
+This allows applications compiled using Microsoft's Visual Basic.NET compiler to run on Mono.
+
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+Name:          mono-basic
+Version:       2.10
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       Mono VisualBasic.NET Compiler and Runtime
+Group:         Development/Languages
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org>
+URL:           http://www.mono-project.com/VisualBasic.NET_support
+Source:        http://go-mono.com/sources/mono-basic/mono-basic-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       LGPL, BSD
+Requires:      mono-winforms
+Requires:      mono-data
+Requires:      mono-web
+BuildRequires: mono-winforms
+BuildRequires: mono-data
+BuildRequires: mono-web
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+The Mono Visual Basic.NET compiler (vbnc) allows developers to continue to code in their preferred Visual Basic/Visual Studio environment and compile and run that same code base on a variety of operating systems and architectures, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
+A complete runtime for running Visual Basic.NET applications on Mono was contributed by Mainsoft (http://www.mainsoft.com) in Java and has been ported to C#.
+This allows applications compiled using Microsoft's Visual Basic.NET compiler to run on Mono.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+./configure \
+   --prefix=%{_prefix}
+
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/vbnc
+%{_bindir}/vbnc2
+%{_libdir}/mono/gac/Mono.Cecil.VB*/*/Mono.Cecil.VB*.dll
+%{_libdir}/mono/gac/Mono.Cecil.VB*/*/Mono.Cecil.VB*.mdb
+%{_libdir}/mono/?.?/Mono.Cecil.VB*.dll
+%{_libdir}/mono/?.?/vbnc.*
+%{_libdir}/mono/*/Microsoft.VisualBasic*
+%{_mandir}/man1/vbnc.1.gz
+%doc ChangeLog README vbnc/vbnc/Readme.txt
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Jun 25 2011 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.10-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Tue Jan 11 2011 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.8-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Fri Apr 16 2010 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.6.2-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Thu Jan 14 2010 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.6-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Fri Jul 03 2009 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.4.2-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Mon Mar 30 2009 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.4-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Mon Jan 05 2009 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.0-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Mon Jul 02 2007 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org> 1.2.4-1mamba
+- package created by autospec