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 # python-pymssql
 
+A simple database interface to Microsoft SQL Server (MS-SQL) for Python that builds on top of FreeTDS to provide a Python DB-API (PEP-249) interface to SQL Server.
+
diff --git a/pymssql-2.0.1-github_issue_142.patch b/pymssql-2.0.1-github_issue_142.patch
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+--- pymssql-2.0.1/setup.py      2013-10-27 17:34:37.000000000 +0100
++++ pymssql-2.0.1-b/setup.py    2014-01-18 17:01:35.000000000 +0100
+@@ -442,9 +442,6 @@
+       "Operating System :: POSIX",
+       "Operating System :: Unix",
+     ],
+-    data_files = [
+-        ('', ['_mssql.pyx', 'pymssql.pyx'])
+-    ],
+     zip_safe = False,
+     tests_require=['nose', 'unittest2'],
+     test_suite='nose.collector',
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diff --git a/python-pymssql.spec b/python-pymssql.spec
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+%define pkgname pymssql
+
+Name:          python-pymssql
+Version:       2.2.8
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A simple database interface to MS-SQL for Python
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://www.pymssql.org/
+Source:        https://pypi.debian.net/pymssql/pymssql-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:        pymssql-2.0.1-github_issue_142.patch
+License:       LGPL
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libfreetds-devel
+BuildRequires: libkrb5-devel
+BuildRequires: libopenssl-devel
+BuildRequires: libpython311-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRequires: python3-devel >= 3.11.5-3mamba
+
+%description
+A simple database interface to Microsoft SQL Server (MS-SQL) for Python that builds on top of FreeTDS to provide a Python DB-API (PEP-249) interface to SQL Server.
+
+%if 0%{?with_pyver}
+%define py_requires_append \
+Obsoletes:      pymssql < 2.2.8
+%pyver_package
+%endif
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n pymssql-%{version}
+#%patch0 -p1
+
+%build
+CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python} setup.py build
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%{__python} setup.py install \
+   -O1 --skip-build \
+   --root="%{buildroot}" \
+   --install-headers=%{_includedir}/python \
+   --install-lib=%{python_sitearch} \
+   --record=%{name}.filelist
+
+sed -i "\,\.egg-info/,d;s,.*/man/.*,&.gz," %{name}.filelist
+
+%files %{?pyappend} -f %{name}.filelist
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%dir %{python_sitearch}/%{pkgname}-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%{python_sitearch}/%{pkgname}-%{version}-py*.egg-info/*
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Sep 29 2023 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.2.8-1mamba
+- update to 2.2.8
+
+* Fri Sep 29 2023 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 2.2.5-2mamba
+- rebuilt by autoport with build requirements: python3-devel>=3.11.5-3mamba
+
+* Mon May 23 2022 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.2.5-1mamba
+- update to 2.2.5
+
+* Sat Jan 18 2014 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com> 2.0.1-2mamba
+- donot instqll *.pyx files
+
+* Sat Jan 18 2014 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com> 2.0.1-1mamba
+- package created using the webbuild interface