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 # xrefresh
 
+Xrefresh is a simple X program that causes all or part of your screen to be repainted.
+This is useful when system messages have messed up your screen.
+
+Xrefresh maps a window on top of the desired area of the screen and then immediately unmaps it, causing refresh events to be sent to all applications.
+By default, a window with no background is used, causing all applications to repaint ``smoothly.''
+However, the various options can be used to indicate that a solid background (of any color) or the root window background should be used instead.
+
diff --git a/xrefresh.spec b/xrefresh.spec
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+Name:          xrefresh
+Version:       1.0.5
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen  
+Group:         Graphical Desktop/Applications/Utilities
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Tiziana Ferro <tiziana.ferro@email.it>
+URL:           http://xorg.freedesktop.org/
+Source:        http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app/xrefresh-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       MIT
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libX11-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+Xrefresh is a simple X program that causes all or part of your screen to be repainted. 
+This is useful when system messages have messed up your screen. 
+
+Xrefresh maps a window on top of the desired area of the screen and then immediately unmaps it, causing refresh events to be sent to all applications. 
+By default, a window with no background is used, causing all applications to repaint ``smoothly.'' 
+However, the various options can be used to indicate that a solid background (of any color) or the root window background should be used instead.  
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/%{name}
+%{_mandir}/man?/*
+%doc COPYING ChangeLog README
+
+%changelog
+* Tue May 21 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.0.5-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
+* Tue Mar 01 2011 Tiziana Ferro <tiziana.ferro@email.it> 1.0.4-1mamba
+- package created by autospec