diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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+XML-Simple-2.12.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-XML-Simple.spec b/perl-XML-Simple.spec
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+%{!?perl_vendorlib: %define perl_vendorlib %(eval "`%{__perl} -V:installvendorlib`"; echo $installvendorlib)}
+
+Name:           perl-XML-Simple
+Version:        2.12
+Release:        0.fdr.4.rh90
+Epoch:          0
+Summary:        Easy API to maintain XML in Perl
+
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+License:        GPL or Artistic
+URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Simple/
+Source0:      http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/G/GR/GRANTM/XML-Simple-2.12.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  perl >= 1:5.6.1
+BuildRequires:  perl(XML::SAX), perl(XML::NamespaceSupport), perl(XML::Parser)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Tie::IxHash), perl(Storable)
+Requires:  perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
+# XML-SAX-ExpatXS up to 0.98 has known namespace bugs, and will cause the
+# tests to fail if it is installed as the default SAX parser.
+BuildConflicts: perl(XML::SAX::ExpatXS)
+
+%description
+The XML::Simple module provides a simple API layer on top of an
+underlying XML parsing module (either XML::Parser or one of the SAX2
+parser modules).
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n XML-Simple-%{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 Changes README
+%{perl_vendorlib}/XML
+%{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed May 12 2004 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 0:2.12-0.fdr.4
+- Avoid creation of the perllocal.pod file (make pure_install).
+
+* Thu May  6 2004 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 0:2.12-0.fdr.3
+- build requirement for perl < 5.8.0 - perl(Storable)
+
+* Thu May  6 2004 Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt> - 0:2.12-0.fdr.2
+- missing $RPM_OPT_FLAGS in the %build section.
+- optional test module as build requirement perl(Tie::IxHash).
+
+* Mon Apr 26 2004 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 0:2.12-0.fdr.1
+- Update to 2.12.
+- Require perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_*).
+
+* Sun Mar 14 2004 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 0:2.11-0.fdr.1
+- Update to 2.11.
+- Reduce directory ownership bloat.
+
+* Tue Nov 18 2003 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 0:2.09-0.fdr.2
+- Use INSTALLARCHLIB workaround in %%install.
+
+* Wed Sep 10 2003 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 0:2.09-0.fdr.1
+- Update to 2.09.
+
+* Wed Sep  3 2003 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta at iki.fi> - 0:2.08-0.fdr.1
+- First build.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..44e987d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+001884c8f2f9ccbee61e5e72547309ad  XML-Simple-2.12.tar.gz