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 # shapelib
 
+C Library providing the ability to write simple C programs for reading, writing and updating ESRI Shapefiles.
+
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+Name:          shapelib
+Version:       1.6.1
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       C Library providing the ability to write simple C programs for reading, writing and updating ESRI Shapefiles
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://shapelib.maptools.org/
+Source:        https://github.com/OSGeo/shapelib.git/v%{version}/shapelib-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       MIT, LGPL
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libgcc
+BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRequires: cmake
+Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description
+C Library providing the ability to write simple C programs for reading, writing and updating ESRI Shapefiles.
+
+%package -n lib%{name}
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Summary:       Shared libraries for %{name}
+
+%description -n lib%{name}
+This package contains shared libraries for %{name}.
+
+%package -n lib%{name}-devel
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Development files for %{name}
+Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+## note: you can add this requirement if .pc files are provided by this package
+#Requires:      pkg-config
+
+%description -n lib%{name}-devel
+This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+
+%debug_package
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%cmake \
+   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=%{_libdir}
+
+%cmake_build
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%cmake_install
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/Shape_PointInPoly
+%{_bindir}/csv2shp
+%{_bindir}/dbfadd
+%{_bindir}/dbfcat
+%{_bindir}/dbfcreate
+%{_bindir}/dbfdump
+%{_bindir}/dbfinfo
+%{_bindir}/shpadd
+%{_bindir}/shpcat
+%{_bindir}/shpcentrd
+%{_bindir}/shpcreate
+%{_bindir}/shpdata
+%{_bindir}/shpdump
+%{_bindir}/shpdxf
+%{_bindir}/shpfix
+%{_bindir}/shpinfo
+%{_bindir}/shprewind
+%{_bindir}/shpsort
+%{_bindir}/shptreedump
+%{_bindir}/shpwkb
+
+%files -n lib%{name}
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/libshp.so.*
+%doc AUTHORS LICENSE-LGPL LICENSE-MIT
+
+%files -n lib%{name}-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_includedir}/shapefil.h
+%{_libdir}/libshp.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/shapelib.pc
+%dir %{_datadir}/shapelib
+%{_datadir}/shapelib/shapelib-*.cmake
+%doc ChangeLog NEWS README README.CMake README.tree
+
+
+%changelog
+* Sun Sep 01 2024 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.6.1-1mamba
+- package created using the webbuild interface