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+xmlsec1-1.2.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+b976a2bd2a0bfe5ec9b4c158e05eb8fd  xmlsec1-1.2.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/xmlsec1.spec b/xmlsec1.spec
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+Summary: Library providing support for "XML Signature" and "XML Encryption" standards
+Name: xmlsec1
+Version: 1.2.3
+Release: 1
+License: MIT
+Group: Development/Libraries
+Source: ftp://ftp.aleksey.com/pub/xmlsec/releases/xmlsec1-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+URL: http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/
+Requires: libxml2 >= 2.4.24
+Requires: libxslt >= 1.0.20
+BuildRequires: libxml2-devel >= 2.4.24
+BuildRequires: libxslt-devel >= 1.0.20
+Prefix: %{_prefix}
+Docdir: %{_docdir}
+
+%description
+XML Security Library is a C library based on LibXML2  and OpenSSL. 
+The library was created with a goal to support major XML security 
+standards "XML Digital Signature" and "XML Encryption". 
+
+%package devel 
+Summary: Libraries, includes, etc. to develop applications with XML Digital Signatures and XML Encryption support.
+Group: Development/Libraries 
+Requires: xmlsec1 = %{version}
+Requires: libxml2-devel >= 2.4.24
+Requires: libxslt-devel >= 1.0.20
+Requires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6
+Requires: zlib-devel 
+
+%description devel
+Libraries, includes, etc. you can use to develop applications with XML Digital 
+Signatures and XML Encryption support.
+
+%package openssl
+Summary: OpenSSL crypto plugin for XML Security Library
+Group: Development/Libraries 
+Requires: xmlsec1 = %{version}
+Requires: libxml2 >= 2.4.24
+Requires: libxslt >= 1.0.20
+Requires: openssl >= 0.9.6
+BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6
+
+%description openssl
+OpenSSL plugin for XML Security Library provides OpenSSL based crypto services
+for the xmlsec library
+
+%package openssl-devel
+Summary: OpenSSL crypto plugin for XML Security Library
+Group: Development/Libraries 
+Requires: xmlsec1 = %{version}
+Requires: xmlsec1-devel = %{version}
+Requires: xmlsec1-openssl = %{version}
+Requires: libxml2-devel >= 2.4.24
+Requires: libxslt-devel >= 1.0.20
+Requires: openssl >= 0.9.6
+Requires: openssl-devel >= 0.9.6
+
+%description openssl-devel
+Libraries, includes, etc. for developing XML Security applications with OpenSSL
+
+%ifarch disabled
+
+%package nss
+Summary: NSS crypto plugin for XML Security Library
+Group: Development/Libraries 
+Requires: xmlsec1 = %{version}
+Requires: libxml2 >= 2.4.24
+Requires: libxslt >= 1.0.20
+Requires: mozilla-nss >= 1.4
+BuildRequires: mozilla-nss-devel >= 1.4
+
+%description nss
+NSS plugin for XML Security Library provides NSS based crypto services
+for the xmlsec library
+
+%package nss-devel
+Summary: NSS crypto plugin for XML Security Library
+Group: Development/Libraries 
+Requires: xmlsec1 = %{version}
+Requires: xmlsec1-devel = %{version}
+Requires: xmlsec1-nss = %{version}
+Requires: libxml2-devel >= 2.4.24
+Requires: libxslt-devel >= 1.0.20
+Requires: mozilla-nss-devel >= 1.4
+
+%description nss-devel
+Libraries, includes, etc. for developing XML Security applications with NSS
+
+%endif
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%ifarch disabled
+%configure --with-mozilla-ver=`1.4.1`
+%else
+%configure --without-nss --without-nspr --without-gnutls
+%endif
+#
+# Note: it seems that this may break on older version of Red Hat,
+#       and that replacing the following line with just "make" can
+#       fix the problem
+#
+make
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/xmlsec1
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/man/man1
+
+%makeinstall
+#make prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix} mandir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir} install
+
+%clean
+rm -fr %{buildroot}
+
+%post
+/sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun
+/sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files 
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README Copyright
+%doc %{_mandir}/man1/xmlsec1.1*
+
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1.so.*
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1.so
+%{prefix}/bin/xmlsec1
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-, root, root)  
+
+%{prefix}/bin/xmlsec1-config
+%{prefix}/include/xmlsec1/xmlsec/*.h
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1.*a
+%{prefix}/lib*/pkgconfig/xmlsec1.pc
+%{prefix}/lib*/xmlsec1Conf.sh
+%{prefix}/share/doc/xmlsec1/* 
+%doc AUTHORS HACKING ChangeLog NEWS README Copyright
+%doc %{_mandir}/man1/xmlsec1-config.1*
+
+%files openssl
+%defattr(-, root, root)  
+
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1-openssl.so.*
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1-openssl.so
+
+%files openssl-devel
+%defattr(-, root, root)  
+
+%{prefix}/include/xmlsec1/xmlsec/openssl/*.h
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1-openssl.*a
+%{prefix}/lib*/pkgconfig/xmlsec1-openssl.pc
+
+%ifarch disabled
+%files nss
+%defattr(-, root, root)  
+
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1-nss.so.*
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1-nss.so
+
+%files nss-devel
+%defattr(-, root, root)  
+
+%{prefix}/include/xmlsec1/xmlsec/nss/*.h
+%{prefix}/lib*/libxmlsec1-nss.*a
+%{prefix}/lib*/pkgconfig/xmlsec1-nss.pc
+%endif
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Jan  6 2004 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com> 1.2.3-1
+- updated with upstream release from Aleksey
+* Wed Nov 12 2003 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com> 1.2.2-1
+- updated with upstream release from Aleksey, specific patches should
+  have been integrated now.
+* Thu Nov  6 2003 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com> 1.2.1-1
+- initial packaging based on the upstream one and libxml2 one.
+- desactivated mozilla-nss due to detection/architecture problems