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+/rpmautospec_core-0.1.0.tar.gz
+/rpmautospec_core-0.1.1.tar.gz
+/rpmautospec_core-0.1.2.tar.gz
+/rpmautospec_core-0.1.3.tar.gz
+/rpmautospec_core-0.1.4.tar.gz
+/rpmautospec_core-0.1.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# python-rpmautospec-core
+
+The python-rpmautospec-core package
diff --git a/python-rpmautospec-core.spec b/python-rpmautospec-core.spec
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+%bcond_with testcoverage
+
+# Only generate buildrequires or use PEP 518 style building on Fedora and new EPEL releases because
+# Poetry is missing elsewhere. Fall back to using setuptools instead.
+%if ! 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?epel} >= 10
+%bcond_without genbrs
+%bcond_without pyproject_build
+%else
+%bcond_with genbrs
+%bcond_with pyproject_build
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{undefined pyproject_files}
+%global pyproject_files %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}-pyproject-files
+%endif
+
+%global srcname rpmautospec_core
+%global canonicalname rpmautospec-core
+
+Name: python-%{canonicalname}
+Version: 0.1.5
+Release: %autorelease
+Summary: Minimum functionality for rpmautospec
+
+License: MIT
+URL: https://github.com/fedora-infra/%{canonicalname}
+Source0: %{pypi_source %{srcname}}
+BuildArch: noarch
+BuildRequires: python3-devel >= 3.6.0
+# The dependencies needed for testing don’t get auto-generated.
+BuildRequires: python3dist(pytest)
+%if %{with testcoverage}
+BuildRequires: python3dist(pytest-cov)
+%endif
+BuildRequires: sed
+
+%if %{with genbrs}
+%generate_buildrequires
+%{pyproject_buildrequires}
+%else
+BuildRequires: python3dist(pip)
+BuildRequires: python3dist(setuptools)
+%endif
+
+%global _description %{expand:
+This package contains minimum functionality to determine if an RPM spec file
+uses rpmautospec features.}
+
+%description %_description
+
+%package -n python3-%{canonicalname}
+Summary: %{summary}
+%if %{without pyproject_build}
+%py_provides python3-%{canonicalname}
+%endif
+
+%description -n python3-%{canonicalname} %_description
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+
+%if %{without testcoverage}
+cat << PYTESTINI > pytest.ini
+[pytest]
+addopts =
+PYTESTINI
+%endif
+
+%build
+%if %{with pyproject_build}
+%pyproject_wheel
+%else
+%py3_build
+%endif
+
+%install
+%if %{with pyproject_build}
+%pyproject_install
+%pyproject_save_files %{srcname}
+# Work around poetry not listing license files as such in package metadata.
+sed -i -e 's|^\(.*/LICENSE\)|%%license \1|g' %{pyproject_files}
+%else
+%py3_install
+echo '%{python3_sitelib}/%{srcname}*' > %{pyproject_files}
+%endif
+
+%check
+%pytest
+
+%files -n python3-%{canonicalname} -f %{pyproject_files}
+%doc README.md
+%if %{without pyproject_build}
+%license LICENSE
+%endif
+
+%changelog
+%autochangelog
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+SHA512 (rpmautospec_core-0.1.5.tar.gz) = ab04ad5f97cc2fafc0ae3064aa2aee1b894c987b8402ecc3709e66bafb1f6c0096844be845036fbceefc3b88b5b1ced277f936a1d5e5f35b252415115bd307bb