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+units-1.55.tar.gz
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+c6b816815ab2d1bf6c8c472d83775aac  units-1.55.tar.gz
diff --git a/units.spec b/units.spec
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+Summary: A utility for converting amounts from one unit to another.
+Name: units
+Version: 1.55
+Release: 9
+Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/units/units-1.55.tar.gz
+Copyright: GPL
+Group: Applications/Engineering
+BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-root
+Prereq: /sbin/install-info
+
+%description
+Units converts an amount from one unit to another, or tells you what
+mathematical operation you need to perform to convert from one unit to
+another.  Units can only handle multiplicative scale changes (i.e., it
+can't tell you how to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit, which
+requires an additive step in addition to the multiplicative
+conversion).
+
+Units is a handy little program which contains a large number of
+conversions, from au's to parsecs and tablespoons to cups.  You
+probably don't need to install it, but it comes in handy sometimes.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q 
+
+%build
+%configure
+make
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%makeinstall datadir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/
+strip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/* || :
+gzip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/units.info
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%post
+/sbin/install-info %{_infodir}/units.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir
+
+%preun
+/sbin/install-info %{_infodir}/units.info.gz --delete %{_infodir}/dir
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_datadir}/units.dat
+%{_infodir}/*
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jul 12 2000 Prospector <bugzilla@redhat.com>
+- automatic rebuild
+
+* Sun Jun 11 2000 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- rebuild, FHS stuff
+
+* Wed Apr  5 2000 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- rebuild against current ncurses/readline
+
+* Fri Mar 24 2000 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.com>
+- rebuild with new readline
+
+* Thu Feb  3 2000 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- handle compressed man pages
+
+* Mon Nov 22 1999 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- fix install-info (#6631)
+
+* Mon Sep 13 1999 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- strip files
+
+* Mon Aug  2 1999 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
+- update to 1.55
+
+* Sun Mar 21 1999 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com> 
+- auto rebuild in the new build environment (release 12)
+
+* Thu Dec 17 1998 Michael Maher <mike@redhat.com>
+- built package for 6.0
+
+* Sun Aug 23 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- units.lib corrections (problem #685)
+
+* Tue Aug 11 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
+- build root
+
+* Mon Apr 27 1998 Prospector System <bugs@redhat.com>
+- translations modified for de, fr, tr
+
+* Tue Oct 21 1997 Donnie Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
+- spec file cleanups
+
+* Mon Jul 21 1997 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
+- built against glibc