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+/libei-.*.tar.bz2
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+# Note to packagers:
+# libei-the-repo comes with three libraries, all independent of each other and
+# processes that use one may not use the other.
+# Here there are packaged as libei, libeis and liboeffis plus respective subpackages.
+
+Name:           libei
+Version:        0.99.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Library for Emulated Input
+
+License:        MIT
+URL:            http://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libei
+Source0:        https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libei/-/archive/%{version}/libei-%{version}.tar.bz2
+
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  git-core
+BuildRequires:  libxml2
+BuildRequires:  meson
+BuildRequires:  pkgconf-pkg-config
+BuildRequires:  python3
+BuildRequires:  python3-attrs
+BuildRequires:  python3-jinja2
+BuildRequires:  python3-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
+
+# libei packages
+%description
+libei is a library to Emulate Input. It allows clients to talk to
+an EIS implementatation (Emulated Input Server), typically a Wayland compositor
+and send input events via that connection. The EIS implementation
+replays those events as if they came from physical devices.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:        Library for Emulated Input Development Package
+Requires:       libei%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+Library for Emulated Input Development Package.
+
+%package utils
+Summary:        Library for Emulated Input Utilities Package
+Requires:       libei%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description utils
+Utilities to test and/or debug emulated input devices.
+
+# libeis packages
+%package -n libeis
+Summary:        Library for Emulated Input Servers
+
+%description -n libeis
+libeis is a library to provide logical devices that other applications
+can then use to emulate input. This library is typically used by
+a Wayland compositor that provides an EIS implementation.
+
+%package -n libeis-devel
+Summary:        Library for Emulated Input Serverse Development Package
+Requires:       libeis%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n libeis-devel
+Library for Emulated Input Servers Development Package.
+
+# liboeffis packages
+%package -n liboeffis
+Summary:        Library for XDG RemoteDesktop Portal Setup
+
+%description -n liboeffis
+liboeffis is a helper library to contact the XDG RemoteDesktop portal
+and obtain an EIS socket through the portal.
+
+%package -n liboeffis-devel
+Summary:        Library for XDG RemoteDesktop Portal Setup Development Package
+Requires:       liboeffis%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n liboeffis-devel
+Library for XDG RemoteDesktop Portal Setup Development Package
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -S git
+# Replace whatever the source uses with the approved call
+%py3_shebang_fix $(git grep -l  '#!/usr/bin/.*python3')
+
+%build
+%meson -Dtests=disabled -Ddocumentation='[]' -Dliboeffis=enabled
+%meson_build
+
+%install
+%meson_install
+
+%files
+%license COPYING
+%{_libdir}/libei.so.1{,.*}
+
+%files -n libeis
+%license COPYING
+%{_libdir}/libeis.so.1{,.*}
+
+%files -n liboeffis
+%license COPYING
+%{_libdir}/liboeffis.so.1{,.*}
+
+%files devel
+%dir %{_includedir}/libei-1.0/
+%{_includedir}/libei-1.0/libei.h
+%{_libdir}/libei.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libei-1.0.pc
+
+%files -n libeis-devel
+%dir %{_includedir}/libei-1.0/
+%{_includedir}/libei-1.0/libeis.h
+%{_libdir}/libeis.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libeis-1.0.pc
+
+%files -n liboeffis-devel
+%dir %{_includedir}/libei-1.0/
+%{_includedir}/libei-1.0/liboeffis.h
+%{_libdir}/liboeffis.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/liboeffis-1.0.pc
+
+%files utils
+%{_bindir}/ei-debug-events
+
+%changelog
+* Wed May 17 2023 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> - 0.99.1-1
+- Initial package (#2207838)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+SHA512 (libei-0.99.1.tar.bz2) = aca62ac92c92e07475fa31f2bc8b5546d9c4b42e85b6539701ad3acdec1c8773b16fa07c87c1c4934220e79588eea353912af7dc136277a1fac3d952e9c83ad7