diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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+rootfiles.tar.gz
diff --git a/rootfiles.spec b/rootfiles.spec
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+Summary: The basic required files for the root user's directory.
+Name: rootfiles
+Version: 7.0
+Release: 4
+Copyright: public domain
+Group: System Environment/Base
+Source: rootfiles.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-root
+BuildArchitectures: noarch
+
+%description
+The rootfiles package contains basic required files that are placed
+in the root user's account.  These files are basically the same
+as those in /etc/skel, which are placed in regular
+users' home directories.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n rootfiles
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/root
+tar -cvSpf- . | (cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/root ; tar -xSpf-)
+
+cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/root
+mv .Xdefaults .Xresources
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%pre
+# we used to put .Xclients in this package -- back it up if it's been
+# customized
+cd /root
+if [ -f .Xclients -a -x /bin/awk ]; then
+    m=`md5sum .Xclients | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+    if [ $m != "506b9496f2853fc9fee6c6b1c5f3ee48" ]; then
+	mv .Xclients .Xclients.rpmsave
+    fi
+fi
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%config /root/.[A-Za-z]*
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jul 12 2000 Prospector <bugzilla@redhat.com>
+- automatic rebuild
+
+* Tue Jul 11 2000 Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>
+- fix .tcshrc
+
+* Mon Jul  3 2000 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
+- don't assume ASCII ordering in glob pattern
+
+* Sat Jun 10 2000 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- rebuild
+- fix some path stuff (#11191)
+
+* Tue Apr 18 2000 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- mv .Xdefaults -> .Xresources (#10623)
+
+* Sun Mar 21 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> 
+- auto rebuild in the new build environment (release 5)
+
+* Tue Jan 12 1999 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- add %clean (#719)
+
+* Tue Dec 29 1998 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
+- build for 6.0
+
+* Wed Oct  9 1998 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- remove /root from %files (it's in filesystem)
+
+* Sun Aug 23 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- portability fix for .cshrc (problem #235)
+- change version to be same as release.
+
+* Tue Sep 09 1997 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
+- made a noarch package
+
+* Thu Mar 20 1997 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
+- Removed .Xclients and .Xsession from package, added %pre to back up old
+  .Xclients if necessary.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+adbb6c64e36ee7eb48c1885e8f2338db  rootfiles.tar.gz