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+sharutils-4.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sharutils.spec b/sharutils.spec
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+Summary: The GNU shar utilities for packaging and unpackaging shell archives.
+Name: sharutils
+Version: 4.2.1
+Release: 7
+Copyright: GPL
+Group: Applications/Archiving
+Source: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/sharutils/sharutils-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch1: sharutils-4.2-gmo.patch
+Patch2: sharutils-4.2-man.patch
+Patch3: sharutils-4.2-po.patch
+Patch4: sharutils-4.2-share.patch
+Patch5: sharutils-4.2-uudecode.patch
+Prereq: /sbin/install-info
+Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
+
+%description
+The sharutils package contains the GNU shar utilities, a set of tools
+for encoding and decoding packages of files (in binary or text format)
+in a special plain text format called shell archives (shar).  This
+format can be sent through e-mail (which can be problematic for regular
+binary files).  The shar utility supports a wide range of capabilities
+(compressing, uuencoding, splitting long files for multi-part
+mailings, providing checksums), which make it very flexible at
+creating shar files.  After the files have been sent, the unshar tool
+scans mail messages looking for shar files.  Unshar automatically
+strips off mail headers and introductory text and then unpacks the
+shar files.
+
+Install sharutils if you send binary files through e-mail.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
+
+%build
+%configure
+make
+
+%install
+rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
+
+%makeinstall install-man
+gzip -9nf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_infodir}/{sharutils*,remsync*}
+
+# fix jp location
+mv ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/locale/ja_JP.EUC \
+        ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/locale/ja
+
+%post
+/sbin/install-info %{_infodir}/sharutils.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir
+
+%preun
+if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
+    /sbin/install-info --delete %{_infodir}/sharutils.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir
+fi
+
+%clean
+rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_infodir}/*info*
+%{_mandir}/*/*
+%{_datadir}/locale/*/*/*
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jul 12 2000 Prospector <bugzilla@redhat.com>
+- automatic rebuild
+
+* Sun Jun 18 2000 Than Ngo <than@redhat.de>
+- fix typo (Bug# 12447)
+
+* Sun Jun 18 2000 Than Ngo <than@redhat.de>
+- rebuilt in the new build environment
+
+* Thu Jun 08 2000 Than Ngo <than@redhat.de>
+- add %defattr(-,root,root) (Bug# 11990)
+- use rpm macros
+
+* Sun May 21 2000 Ngo Than <than@redhat.de>
+- rebuild to put man pages and info files in right place
+
+* Mon Feb 07 2000 Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>
+- rebuild to gzip man pages
+
+* Tue Dec 21 1999 Preston Brown <pbrown@redhat.com>
+- sharutils 4.2.1 for Y2K (2 digit date) fix.
+- ja message catalog move (#7878)
+
+* Tue Sep  7 1999 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- handle spaces in uuencoded file names (David Fox <dsfox@cogsci.ucsd.edu>).
+
+* Wed Jul 28 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
+- use the /usr/share/locale for the localedir instead of /usr/lib/locale
+  (#2998)
+
+* Sun Mar 21 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> 
+- auto rebuild in the new build environment (release 12)
+
+* Wed Dec 30 1998 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
+- build for glibc 2.1
+
+* Fri Apr 24 1998 Prospector System <bugs@redhat.com>
+- translations modified for de, fr, tr
+
+* Sat Apr 11 1998 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>
+- manhattan rebuild
+
+* Fri Oct 17 1997 Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
+- ALRIGHT!  Woo-hoo!  Erik already did the install-info stuff!
+- added BuildRoot
+- spec file cleanups
+
+* Sun Sep 14 1997 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
+- uses install-info
+
+* Fri Jul 18 1997 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
+- built against glibc
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+b8ba1d409f07edcb335ff72a27bd9828  sharutils-4.2.1.tar.gz