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 # perl-String-Format
 
+String::Format lets you define arbitrary printf-like format sequences to be expanded.
+This module would be most useful in configuration files and reporting tools, where the
+results of a query need to be formatted in a particular way.
+
diff --git a/perl-String-Format.spec b/perl-String-Format.spec
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+%define perl_major_ver %(eval `perl -V:version`; echo ${version%*.[0-9]*}.0)
+
+Name:          perl-String-Format
+Version:       1.17
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       String::Format - sprintf-like string formatting capabilities with arbitrary format definitions
+Group:         System/Libraries/Perl
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://www.cpan.org
+Source:        http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/D/DA/DARREN/String-Format-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       GPL, Artistic
+BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
+BuildRequires: perl(Test::More)
+BuildRequires: perl-devel
+Requires:      perl >= %perl_major_ver
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+String::Format lets you define arbitrary printf-like format sequences to be expanded.
+This module would be most useful in configuration files and reporting tools, where the
+results of a query need to be formatted in a particular way.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n String-Format-%{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}/String/
+%{_mandir}/man3/*.3pm.gz
+%doc Changes COPYING README
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Dec 17 2012 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.17-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Fri Feb 18 2011 gil <puntogil@libero.it> 1.16-1mamba
+- package created by autospec