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 # pmidi
 
+The pmidi program is a straightforward command line program to play midi files through the ALSA sequencer.
+As you can specify the client and port to connect to on the command line it is also useful for testing ALSA or clients that need to receive sequencer events.
+
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+Name:          pmidi
+Version:       1.7.0
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A command line program to play midi files through the ALSA sequencer
+Group:         Applications/Multimedia
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://www.parabola.me.uk/alsa/pmidi.html
+Source:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pmidi/pmidi-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       GPL
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libalsa-devel
+BuildRequires: libglib1-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRequires: libalsa-devel >= 1.0.10
+
+%description
+The pmidi program is a straightforward command line program to play midi files through the ALSA sequencer. 
+As you can specify the client and port to connect to on the command line it is also useful for testing ALSA or clients that need to receive sequencer events.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/pmidi
+%{_mandir}/man1/pmidi.*
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Sep 14 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.0-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Mon Jul 29 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.6.0-3mamba
+- automatic rebuild by autodist
+
+* Fri Jul 10 2009 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.6.0-2mamba
+- specfile updated and rebuilt
+
+* Sun Jan 08 2006 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.6.0-1qilnx
+- package created by autospec