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 # skencil
 
+Skencil is a Free Software interactive vector drawing appliction. Known to run on GNU/Linux and other UNIX-compatible systems, it is a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes.
+
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+Name:          skencil
+Version:       0.6.17
+Release:       2mamba
+Summary:       An interactive vector drawing appliction
+Group:         Graphical Desktop/Applications/Graphics
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://www.skencil.org
+Source:        http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sketch/skencil-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:       LGPL
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libtcl
+BuildRequires: libtk
+BuildRequires: libX11-devel
+BuildRequires: libXext-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRequires: python-Imaging >= 1.1.6
+
+%description
+Skencil is a Free Software interactive vector drawing appliction. Known to run on GNU/Linux and other UNIX-compatible systems, it is a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+./setup.py configure
+BLDSHARED='gcc -shared' ./setup.py build
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%{__python} setup.py install \
+   --dest-dir="%{buildroot}" \
+   --prefix=%{_prefix}
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/sk2ppm
+%{_bindir}/sk2ps
+%{_bindir}/skconvert
+%{_bindir}/skencil
+%{_bindir}/sketch
+%{_bindir}/skshow
+%dir %{_libdir}/skencil-%{version}
+%{_libdir}/skencil-%{version}/*
+%doc BUGS COPYING CREDITS NEWS README TODO
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Dec 10 2008 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.6.17-2mamba
+- specfile updated
+
+* Sat Feb 03 2007 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 0.6.17-1qilnx
+- package created by autospec