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diff --git a/libvarlink.spec b/libvarlink.spec
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+%global _hardened_build 1
+
+Name:           libvarlink
+Version:        18
+Release:        3%{?dist}
+Summary:        Varlink C Library
+License:        ASL 2.0
+URL:            https://github.com/varlink/%{name}
+Source0:        https://github.com/varlink/%{name}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  meson
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+
+%description
+Varlink C Library
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description    devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
+developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+%package        util
+Summary:        Varlink command line tools
+
+%description    util
+The %{name}-util package contains varlink command line tools.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%meson
+%meson_build
+
+%check
+export LC_CTYPE=C.utf8
+%meson_test
+
+%install
+%meson_install
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%{_libdir}/libvarlink.so.*
+
+%files util
+%{_bindir}/varlink
+%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/varlink
+%{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles/after/*
+
+%files devel
+%{_includedir}/varlink.h
+%{_libdir}/libvarlink.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libvarlink.pc
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Jun 18 2019 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@redhat.com> - 18-3
+- Resolves: #1721229 - add gating.yaml
+
+* Mon Jun 17 2019 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@redhat.com> - 18-2
+- Resolves: #1721229 - add tests
+
+* Mon Jun 17 2019 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@redhat.com> - 18-1
+- Resolves: #1721229 - bump to v18
+
+* Tue Nov 06 2018 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> - 16-1
+- libvarlink 16
+- fixed coverity issues
+- Resolves: #1638294 - Interface name validation rule update
+
+* Wed Oct 10 2018 <kay@redhat.com> - 15-1
+- libvarlink 15
+- Resolves: #1638294 - Interface name validation rule update
+
+* Mon Aug 13 2018 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@redhat.com> - 12-2
+- Resolves: #1615546 - BR: python3-devel
+
+* Mon Jul 16 2018 <kay@redhat.com> - 12-1
+- libvarlink 12
+
+* Sun Jun 17 2018 <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 11
+
+* Sat May 12 2018  <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 10
+
+* Fri Apr 13 2018 <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 9
+
+* Thu Apr 12 2018 <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 8
+
+* Mon Mar 26 2018 <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 7
+
+* Mon Mar 26 2018 <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 6
+
+* Fri Mar 23 2018 <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 5
+
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Feb 02 2018 Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.com> - 1-2
+- bump release
+
+* Fri Feb  2 2018 <kay@redhat.com>
+- libvarlink 1
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+SHA512 (libvarlink-18.tar.gz) = a0f2cfe6a3ce3e7c08b24436d4210691d6334ec903cb3d590627595ee3bda79bf4e22e7c72c7ea8ebe817e4e2b045f86d2603ae56b3fd7d429fd281fd7e5e2e8