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 # perl-IO-String
 
+The "IO::String" module provides the "IO::File" interface for in-core
+strings. An "IO::String" object can be attached to a string, and
+makes it possible to use the normal file operations for reading or
+writing data, as well as for seeking to various locations of the
+string. This is useful when you want to use a library module that
+only provides an interface to file handles on data that you have in a
+string variable.
+
+Note that perl-5.8 and better has built-in support for "in memory"
+files, which are set up by passing a reference instead of a filename
+to the open() call. The reason for using this module is that it makes
+the code backwards compatible with older versions of Perl.
+
diff --git a/perl-IO-String.spec b/perl-IO-String.spec
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+%define perl_major_ver %(eval `perl -V:version`; echo ${version%*.[0-9]*}.0)
+
+Name:          perl-IO-String
+Version:       1.08
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       IO::String - Emulate file interface for in-core strings
+Group:         System/Libraries/Perl
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      gil <puntogil@libero.it>
+URL:           http://www.cpan.org
+Source:        http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/IO-String-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       GPL, Artistic
+BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
+BuildRequires: perl-devel
+Requires:      perl >= %perl_major_ver
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+The "IO::String" module provides the "IO::File" interface for in-core
+strings. An "IO::String" object can be attached to a string, and
+makes it possible to use the normal file operations for reading or
+writing data, as well as for seeking to various locations of the
+string. This is useful when you want to use a library module that
+only provides an interface to file handles on data that you have in a
+string variable.
+
+Note that perl-5.8 and better has built-in support for "in memory"
+files, which are set up by passing a reference instead of a filename
+to the open() call. The reason for using this module is that it makes
+the code backwards compatible with older versions of Perl.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n IO-String-%{version}
+
+
+%build
+perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=%{_prefix} INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+%make
+%make test
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall_perl
+
+find %{buildroot} -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} ';'
+find %{buildroot} -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null ';'
+chmod -R u+w %{buildroot}/*
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{perl_vendorlib}/IO/
+%{_mandir}/man3/*.3pm.gz
+%doc Changes README
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Feb 17 2011 gil <puntogil@libero.it> 1.08-1mamba
+- package created by autospec