diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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+This package was retired on 2012-02-06 due to lack of a maintainer.
diff --git a/libmetalink.spec b/libmetalink.spec
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-Name:           libmetalink
-Version:        0.0.3
-Release:        7%{?dist}
-Summary:        A Metalink C library
-Group:          System Environment/Libraries
-License:        MIT
-URL:            https://launchpad.net/libmetalink
-Source0:        http://launchpad.net/libmetalink/trunk/%{version}/+download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-BuildRequires:  expat-devel
-
-%description
-libmetalink is a Metalink C library. It adds Metalink functionality such as
-parsing Metalink XML files to programs written in C.
-
-%package       devel
-Summary:       A Metalink C library devel package
-Group:         Development/Libraries
-Requires:      %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:      pkgconfig
-
-%description   devel
-Files needed for building applications with libmetalink.
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-%build
-%configure --disable-static
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name *.la -exec rm {} \;
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc COPYING README 
-%doc %{_docdir}/libmetalink/sample.c 
-%doc %{_docdir}/libmetalink/ubuntu-7_10-server-i386_iso.metalink
-%{_libdir}/libmetalink.so.*
-%{_mandir}/man3/*
-
-
-%files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_includedir}/metalink/
-%{_includedir}/metalink/metalink*.h
-%{_libdir}/libmetalink.so
-%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
-
-
-%changelog
-* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.3-7
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.3-6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.3-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu May 07 2009 Ant Bryan <anthonybryan at gmail.com> - 0.0.3-4
-- Remove Provides: libmetalink-static = %{version}-%{release}
-
-* Tue May 06 2009 Ant Bryan <anthonybryan at gmail.com> - 0.0.3-3
-- Use %{_docdir} instead of /usr/share/doc
-- Own /usr/include/metalink
-
-* Wed Apr 29 2009 Ant Bryan <anthonybryan at gmail.com> - 0.0.3-2
-- Incorporate suggested changes: remove .la files, --disable static.
-
-* Mon Apr 27 2009 Ant Bryan <anthonybryan at gmail.com> - 0.0.3-1
-- Initial package, 0.0.3.
-
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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-de9dbf893e3b5853c5eedd699606e570  libmetalink-0.0.3.tar.bz2