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+1202b65beac29434c23d8d938275ba444f8baca7 SOURCES/alex-3.2.3.tar.gz
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+SOURCES/alex-3.2.3.tar.gz
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+# generated by cabal-rpm-0.12.1
+# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Haskell
+
+%bcond_without tests
+
+Name: alex
+Version: 3.2.3
+Release: 2%{?dist}
+Summary: Tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell
+
+License: BSD
+Url: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}
+Source0: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}-%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires: ghc-Cabal-devel
+BuildRequires: ghc-rpm-macros
+# Begin cabal-rpm deps:
+BuildRequires: ghc-QuickCheck-devel
+BuildRequires: ghc-array-devel
+BuildRequires: ghc-containers-devel
+BuildRequires: ghc-directory-devel
+%if %{with tests}
+BuildRequires: ghc-process-devel
+%endif
+# End cabal-rpm deps
+BuildRequires: autoconf
+BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
+BuildRequires: libxslt
+# added for F26
+Obsoletes: %{name}-common < %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes: %{name}-static < %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description
+Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell. It takes a
+description of tokens based on regular expressions and generates a Haskell
+module containing code for scanning text efficiently. It is similar to the tool
+lex or flex for C/C++.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+%ghc_bin_build
+
+cd doc
+autoreconf
+./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir}
+make html
+cd ..
+
+
+%install
+%ghc_bin_install
+
+install -D -m 0644 doc/alex.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/alex.1
+
+
+%check
+%cabal_test
+
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc CHANGELOG.md README.md TODO doc/alex examples
+%{_bindir}/%{name}
+%{_datadir}/%{name}-%{version}
+%{_mandir}/man1/alex.1*
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.3-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jan 24 2018 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.2.3-1
+- update to 3.2.3
+
+* Wed Aug 02 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.1-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.2.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Feb 20 2017 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.2.1-1
+- update to 3.2.1
+
+* Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.1.7-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jan 20 2017 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.1.7-2
+- remove and obsolete static and common subpackages
+- re-enable tests
+
+* Thu Jun 23 2016 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.1.7-1
+- update to 3.1.7
+- install manpage
+
+* Mon Jun 6 2016 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.1.4-5
+- rebuild
+
+* Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.1.4-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Sep 17 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.1.4-3
+- use license macro
+- disable testsuite for 3.1.4
+
+* Tue Jun 16 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.1.4-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Apr 02 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com>
+- update to 3.1.4
+
+* Sun Aug 3 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.1.3-1
+- update to 3.1.3
+- add static and common subpackages
+- dynamic and static are handled as alternatives
+
+* Tue Jun 10 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.5-37
+- update to cblrpm-0.8.11
+- turn on tests
+
+* Mon Apr 21 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.5-36
+- bang pattern patch no longer needed for ppc with ghc-7.6
+
+* Mon Apr 21 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.5-35
+- bump over haskell-platform
+
+* Fri Apr 11 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.5-34
+- split out of haskell-platform
+- update to 3.0.5
+
+* Wed Jun 6 2012 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.1-3
+- BR alex on ppc archs!
+- also apply bang pattern patch on ppc64
+
+* Wed Jun 6 2012 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.1-2
+- add fix-bang-pattern.diff patch from Debian to fix build on ppc
+
+* Tue Mar 20 2012 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 3.0.1-1
+- update to 3.0.1
+- depends on QuickCheck
+
+* Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.3.5-6.2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Oct 20 2011 Marcela Mašláňová <mmaslano@redhat.com> - 2.3.5-5.2
+- rebuild with new gmp without compat lib
+
+* Mon Oct 10 2011 Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@redhat.com> - 2.3.5-5.1
+- rebuild with new gmp
+
+* Tue Jun 21 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.5-5
+- ghc_arches replaces ghc_excluded_archs
+
+* Mon Jun 20 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.5-4
+- BR ghc-Cabal-devel
+- use ghc_excluded_archs
+
+* Wed May 18 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.5-3
+- add ppc64
+
+* Thu Mar 10 2011 Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto@redhat.com> - 2.3.5-2
+- Enable build on sparcv9
+
+* Tue Feb 15 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.5-1
+- update to 2.3.5 for haskell-platform-2011.1
+
+* Mon Feb 07 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.3.4-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jan 15 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.4-2
+- update to cabal2spec-0.22.4
+- BR ghc-devel
+
+* Sun Dec 5 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.4-1
+- update to 2.3.4
+
+* Thu Nov 25 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.3-2
+- rebuild
+
+* Fri Jul 30 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com>
+- update to simpler url
+
+* Fri Jul 16 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.3-1
+- 2.3.3 release for haskell-platform-2010.2.0.0
+
+* Sun Jun 27 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.2-3
+- sync cabal2spec-0.22.1
+
+* Sat Apr 24 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.2-2
+- rebuild against ghc-6.12.2
+
+* Wed Mar 24 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.2-1
+- update to 2.3.2 for haskell-platform-2010.1.0.0
+
+* Mon Jan 11 2010 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.1-8
+- dynamic bcond is now handled by cabal_configure
+- drop redundant buildroot and its install cleaning
+
+* Tue Dec 22 2009 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com>
+- add bcond for dynamic linking
+
+* Mon Dec 21 2009 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.1-7
+- build dynamically with ghc-6.12.1
+
+* Fri Jul 24 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.3.1-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sun May 17 2009 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.1-5
+- buildrequires ghc-rpm-macros
+
+* Fri Apr 24 2009 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.1-4
+- rebuild against ghc-6.10.2
+
+* Tue Mar 10 2009 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.1-3
+- update arch list and bring closer to cabal2spec-0.12
+
+* Mon Feb 23 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.3.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Dec 11 2008 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3.1-1
+- update to 2.3.1
+- no longer need alex-2.3-base3.patch
+
+* Tue Nov 25 2008 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.3-2
+- build with new macros
+- update urls to point to hackage
+- add alex-2.3-base3.patch to build with base-3 for ghc-6.10.1
+
+* Mon Oct 13 2008 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> - 2.3-1
+- Update to 2.3
+
+* Thu May 29 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 2.2-3
+- fix license tag
+
+* Mon Feb 18 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2-2
+- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
+
+* Fri Jan 4 2008 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.2-1
+- update to 2.2 release
+
+* Fri Nov 23 2007 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> - 2.1.0-6
+- Exclude alpha
+
+* Tue Sep 25 2007 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> - 2.1.0-5
+- don't try to build on ppc64
+
+* Tue Sep 25 2007 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> - 2.1.0-4
+- build requires autoconf
+
+* Sun Jul 22 2007 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> - 2.1.0-3
+- apply a few cleanups from Jens Petersen
+
+* Thu Apr 26 2007 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> - 2.1.0-2
+- fix a few style issues
+
+* Fri Jan 19 2007 Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> - 2.1.0-1
+- update to 2.1.0
+- fix rpmlint errors
+
+* Fri May 6 2005 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 2.0.1-1
+- initial packaging for Fedora Haskell based on upstream spec file