diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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+gperf-2.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/gperf.spec b/gperf.spec
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+Summary: A perfect hash function generator.
+Name: gperf
+Version: 2.7
+Release: 9
+Copyright: GPL
+Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gperf/gperf-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: gperf-2.7-egcs.patch
+Group: Development/Tools
+Prereq: /sbin/install-info
+BuildRoot: /var/tmp/gperf-root
+
+%description
+Gperf is a perfect hash function generator written in C++.  Simply
+stated, a perfect hash function is a hash function and a data
+structure that allows recognition of a key word in a set of words
+using exactly one probe into the data structure.
+
+Install gperf if you need a program that generates perfect hash
+functions.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .egcs
+
+%build
+%configure
+make
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/{man,info}
+
+%makeinstall
+
+gzip -9nf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_infodir}/gperf.info*
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/{dvi,html}
+strip -R .comments $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/gperf
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%post
+/sbin/install-info %{_infodir}/gperf.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir
+
+%preun
+if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
+   /sbin/install-info --delete %{_infodir}/gperf.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir
+fi
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc README NEWS doc/gperf.html
+/usr/bin/gperf
+%{_mandir}/man1/gperf.1*
+%{_infodir}/gperf.info*
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Jul 13 2000 Prospector <bugzilla@redhat.com>
+- automatic rebuild
+
+* Tue Jul  4 2000 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
+- Rebuild with new C++
+
+* Sun Jun 18 2000 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
+- user infodir and mandir macros for FHS
+- use %%makeinstall
+
+* Fri Feb  4 2000 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.com>
+- rebuild to gzip manpage
+- don't use CC=egcs
+- fix description
+
+* Wed Mar 24 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
+- added patches for egcs from UP
+
+* Sun Mar 21 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> 
+- auto rebuild in the new build environment (release 4)
+
+* Thu Oct 29 1998 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- patch for latest egcs
+
+* Sat Oct 10 1998 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
+- strip binary
+
+* Tue Jul 28 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- create.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+f37fb2d0ab56facb1f851ceb208504b9  gperf-2.7.tar.gz