diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/lz4-r106.tar.gz
diff --git a/lz4.spec b/lz4.spec
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+%global _hardened_build 1
+
+Name:           lz4
+Version:        r106
+Release:        3%{?dist}
+Summary:        Extremely fast compression algorithm
+
+Group:          Applications/System
+License:        GPLv2
+URL:            https://code.google.com/p/lz4/
+Source0:        https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59565338/LZ4/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+
+%description
+LZ4 is an extremely fast loss-less compression algorithm, providing compression
+speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-core CPU. It also features
+an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically
+reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+
+%install
+%make_install PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix} INSTALL="install -p"
+
+
+%files
+%doc COPYING NEWS
+%{_bindir}/lz4
+%{_mandir}/man1/lz4.1.gz
+
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Oct 07 2013 pjp <pjp@fedoraproject.org> - r106-3
+- fixed install section to replace /usr/ with a macro.
+  -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015263#c5
+
+* Sat Oct 05 2013 pjp <pjp@fedoraproject.org> - r106-2
+- fixed install section above as suggested in the review.
+  -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015263#c1
+
+* Sun Sep 22 2013 pjp <pjp@fedoraproject.org> - r106-1
+- Initial RPM release of lz4-r106
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+4d071aaecd42dd383dd58c5a7577663b  lz4-r106.tar.gz