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 # zip
 
+The zip program is a compression and file packaging utility.
+Zip is analogous to a combination of the UNIX tar and compress commands and is compatible with PKZIP.
+Install the zip package if you need to compress files using the zip program.
+
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+%define majver %(echo %version | cut -d. -f1)
+%define minver %(echo %version | cut -d. -f2)
+
+Name:          zip
+Version:       3.0
+Release:       1mamba
+Summary:       A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP
+Group:         Applications/Archiving
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+URL:           http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
+Source:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/infozip/Zip3.x%28latest%29/%{version}/zip%{majver}%{minver}.tar.gz
+License:       BSD
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: libbzip2-devel
+## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+The zip program is a compression and file packaging utility.
+Zip is analogous to a combination of the UNIX tar and compress commands and is compatible with PKZIP.
+Install the zip package if you need to compress files using the zip program.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{name}%{majver}%{minver}
+
+%build
+#CFLAGS="%{optflags}" \
+make -f unix/Makefile zips CC=%{_host}-gcc
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+make -f unix/Makefile zips CC=%{_host}-gcc install \
+   prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} \
+   MANDIR=%{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/zip
+%{_bindir}/zipcloak
+%{_bindir}/zipnote
+%{_bindir}/zipsplit
+%{_mandir}/man1/zip*.*
+%doc BUGS CHANGES LICENSE README TODO WHATSNEW WHERE
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Jan 14 2010 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@gmail.com> 3.0-1mamba
+- update to 3.0
+
+* Mon May 21 2007 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 2.32-1mamba
+- update to 2.32
+- group entry fixed
+
+* Mon Nov 08 2004 Davide Madrisan <davide.madrisan@qilinux.it> 2.3-2qilnx
+- security fix QSA-2004-052 (CAN-2004-1010)
+- added qilinux patch, specfiles updated
+
+* Thu Apr 17 2003 Alessandro Ramazzina <alessandro.ramazzina@qinet.it> 2.3-1qilnx
+- creation of zip package