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+Package obsoleted by the base perl package in 5.10.0.
diff --git a/perl-Pod-Escapes.spec b/perl-Pod-Escapes.spec
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-Name:           perl-Pod-Escapes
-Version:        1.04
-Release:        7%{?dist}
-Summary:        Perl module for resolving POD escape sequences
-
-Group:          Development/Libraries
-License:        GPL+ or Artistic
-URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Pod-Escapes/
-Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SB/SBURKE/Pod-Escapes-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
-Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
-
-%description
-This module provides things that are useful in decoding Pod E<...>
-sequences. Presumably, it should be used only by Pod parsers and/or
-formatters.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n Pod-Escapes-%{version}
-
-
-%build
-%{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make pure_install PERL_INSTALL_ROOT=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} ';'
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type d -depth -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null ';'
-chmod -R u+w $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
-
-
-%check
-make test
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc ChangeLog README
-%{perl_vendorlib}/Pod/
-%{_mandir}/man3/*.3pm*
-
-
-%changelog
-* Wed Feb 27 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 1.04-7
-- Rebuild for perl 5.10 (again)
-
-* Sun Jan 13 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 1.04-6
-- rebuild for new perl
-
-* Tue Oct 16 2007 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 1.04-5.1
-- correct license tag
-- add BR: perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
-
-* Thu Sep  7 2006 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 1.04-5
-- Rebuild for FC6.
-
-* Wed Feb 15 2006 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 1.04-4
-- Rebuild for FC5 (perl 5.8.8).
-
-* Thu Dec 29 2005 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 1.04-3
-- Dist tag.
-
-* Fri Apr  7 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.04-2
-- rebuilt
-
-* Sun May  9 2004 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 0:1.04-0.fdr.1
-- Update to 1.04.
-- Avoid creation of the perllocal.pod file (make pure_install).
-
-* Fri Apr 30 2004 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 0:1.03-0.fdr.2
-- Require perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_*).
-- Reduce directory ownership bloat.
-
-* Wed Nov  5 2003 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 0:1.03-0.fdr.1
-- First build.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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-00ea2e0d2e84ed98517a4616708b68d3  Pod-Escapes-1.04.tar.gz