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+/mysql2-0.3.13.gem
diff --git a/rubygem-mysql2.spec b/rubygem-mysql2.spec
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+# Generated from mysql2-0.3.11.gem by gem2rpm -*- rpm-spec -*-
+%global gem_name mysql2
+
+Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}
+Version: 0.3.13
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+Summary: A simple, fast Mysql library for Ruby, binding to libmysql
+Group: Development/Languages
+License: MIT
+URL: http://github.com/brianmario/mysql2
+Source0: https://rubygems.org/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
+Requires: ruby(release)
+Requires: ruby(rubygems)
+Requires: mariadb-libs
+BuildRequires: ruby(release)
+BuildRequires: rubygems-devel
+BuildRequires: ruby-devel
+BuildRequires: rubygem(rspec)
+BuildRequires: mariadb-devel
+BuildRequires: mariadb-server
+Provides: rubygem(%{gem_name}) = %{version}
+
+%description
+The Mysql2 gem is meant to serve the extremely common use-case of
+connecting, querying and iterating on results. Some database libraries
+out there serve as direct 1:1 mappings of the already complex C API\'s
+available. This one is not.
+
+
+%package doc
+Summary: Documentation for %{name}
+Group: Documentation
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildArch: noarch
+
+%description doc
+Documentation for %{name}
+
+%prep
+gem unpack %{SOURCE0}
+
+%setup -q -D -T -n  %{gem_name}-%{version}
+
+gem spec %{SOURCE0} -l --ruby > %{gem_name}.gemspec
+
+%build
+# Create the gem as gem install only works on a gem file
+gem build %{gem_name}.gemspec
+
+# %%gem_install compiles any C extensions and installs the gem into ./%%gem_dir
+# by default, so that we can move it into the buildroot in %%install
+%gem_install
+
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}
+cp -pa .%{gem_dir}/* \
+        %{buildroot}%{gem_dir}/
+
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{gem_extdir_mri}/lib/mysql2
+mv %{buildroot}%{gem_instdir}/lib/mysql2/mysql2.so %{buildroot}%{gem_extdir_mri}/lib/mysql2
+
+# Remove some droppings
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{gem_instdir}/{.gitignore,.rspec,.rvmrc,.travis.yml}
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{gem_instdir}/spec
+
+%check
+# We can't run the tests because they require a mysql instance. That's
+# a bit much to require for builds. The following invocation is documentation
+#systemctl start mysqld.service
+#rspec -I%%{buildroot}%%{gem_extdir_mri}/lib/ spec
+
+
+%files
+%dir %{gem_instdir}
+%{gem_libdir}
+%exclude %{gem_instdir}/ext
+%{gem_extdir_mri}
+%exclude %{gem_cache}
+%{gem_spec}
+%exclude %{gem_instdir}/support
+%doc %{gem_instdir}/MIT-LICENSE
+
+%files doc
+%doc %{gem_docdir}
+%doc %{gem_instdir}/README.md
+%{gem_instdir}/examples
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Sep 11 2013 Alexander Chernyakhovsky <achernya@mit.edu> - 0.3.13-1
+- Initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+ee8dfc03421a1db9f6147d2efde7ced8  mysql2-0.3.13.gem