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 # socat
 
+socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels.
+Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device (serial line etc. or a pseudo terminal), a socket (UNIX, IP4, IP6 - raw, UDP, TCP), an SSL socket, proxy CONNECT connection, a file descriptor (stdin etc.), the GNU line editor (readline), a program, or a combination of two of these.
+These modes include generation of "listening" sockets, named pipes, and pseudo terminals.
+
diff --git a/socat.spec b/socat.spec
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+Name:          socat
+Version:       1.7.2.4
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A multipurpose relay (SOcket CAT) 
+Group:         Applications/Networking
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org>
+URL:           http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat 
+Source:        http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       GPL
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libncurses-devel
+BuildRequires: libopenssl-devel
+BuildRequires: libreadline-devel
+BuildRequires: libwrap-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+
+%description
+socat is a relay for bidirectional data transfer between two independent data channels.
+Each of these data channels may be a file, pipe, device (serial line etc. or a pseudo terminal), a socket (UNIX, IP4, IP6 - raw, UDP, TCP), an SSL socket, proxy CONNECT connection, a file descriptor (stdin etc.), the GNU line editor (readline), a program, or a combination of two of these. 
+These modes include generation of "listening" sockets, named pipes, and pseudo terminals.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+aclocal
+autoconf
+%configure LDFLAGS="-lncurses"
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_mandir}/man1/socat.1.gz
+%doc CHANGES COPYING README README.FIPS
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Mar 10 2014 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.2.4-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Wed Jan 29 2014 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.2.3-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Mon May 27 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.2.2-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Thu Aug 09 2012 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.2.1-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Mar 27 2012 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.7.2.0-2mamba
+- explicitly link to libncurses as readline configure test does not do it
+
+* Sat Dec 10 2011 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.2.0-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Sun Aug 08 2010 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.1.3-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Wed Apr 14 2010 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.7.1.2-1mamba
+- automatic update by autodist
+
+* Wed Dec 09 2009 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org> 1.7.1.1-1mamba
+- package created by autospec