diff --git a/.ding-libs.metadata b/.ding-libs.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f6a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ding-libs.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dab4c855b065bd728021437af81ae726c31c5272 SOURCES/ding-libs-0.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5dbdd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SOURCES/ding-libs-0.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e7897f..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-The master branch has no content
-
-Look at the c7 branch if you are working with CentOS-7, or the c4/c5/c6 branch for CentOS-4, 5 or 6
-
-If you find this file in a distro specific branch, it means that no content has been checked in yet
diff --git a/SOURCES/ding-libs-fake-soname.patch b/SOURCES/ding-libs-fake-soname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf926c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/ding-libs-fake-soname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 5a49bd600f7c888abf9dad2911e53d1a20e5f7c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Michal=20=C5=BDidek?= <mzidek@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:17:42 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] ding-libs fake soname patch
+
+---
+ Makefile.am | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index d032739..cd1dff9 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ libcollection_la_SOURCES = \
+ trace/trace.h
+ libcollection_la_DEPENDENCIES = collection/libcollection.sym
+ libcollection_la_LDFLAGS = \
+- -version-info 5:1:1 \
++ -version-info 3:1:1 \
+ -Wl,--version-script=$(top_srcdir)/collection/libcollection.sym
+
+ check_PROGRAMS += \
+@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ libini_config_la_LIBADD = \
+ libref_array.la \
+ libbasicobjects.la
+ libini_config_la_LDFLAGS = \
+- -version-info 7:1:2 \
++ -version-info 5:1:2 \
+ -Wl,--version-script=$(top_srcdir)/ini/libini_config.sym
+
+ dist_noinst_DATA += \
+--
+2.9.5
+
diff --git a/SPECS/ding-libs.spec b/SPECS/ding-libs.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0d02ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPECS/ding-libs.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,476 @@
+Name: ding-libs
+Version: 0.6.1
+Release: 29%{?dist}
+Summary: "Ding is not GLib" assorted utility libraries
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+URL: https://pagure.io/SSSD/ding-libs
+Source0: https://releases.pagure.org/SSSD/ding-libs/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
+
+# If a new upstream release changes some, but not all of these
+# version numbers, remember to keep the Release tag in order to
+# allow clean upgrades!
+%global path_utils_version 0.2.1
+%global dhash_version 0.5.0
+%global collection_version 0.7.0
+%global ref_array_version 0.1.5
+%global basicobjects_version 0.1.1
+%global ini_config_version 1.3.1
+
+### Patches ###
+Patch0001: ding-libs-fake-soname.patch
+
+### Dependencies ###
+# ding-libs is a meta-package that will pull in all of its own
+# sub-packages
+Requires: libpath_utils = %{path_utils_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libdhash = %{dhash_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libcollection = %{collection_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libref_array = %{ref_array_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libbasicobjects = %{basicobjects_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libini_config = %{ini_config_version}-%{release}
+
+### Build Dependencies ###
+
+BuildRequires: autoconf
+BuildRequires: automake
+BuildRequires: libtool
+BuildRequires: m4
+BuildRequires: doxygen
+BuildRequires: check-devel
+
+%description
+A set of helpful libraries used by projects such as SSSD.
+
+%package devel
+Summary: Development packages for ding-libs
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+
+# ding-libs is a meta-package that will pull in all of its own
+# sub-packages
+Requires: libpath_utils-devel = %{path_utils_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libdhash-devel = %{dhash_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libcollection-devel = %{collection_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libref_array-devel = %{ref_array_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libbasicobjects-devel = %{basicobjects_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libini_config-devel = %{ini_config_version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+A meta-package that pulls in development libraries for libcollection,
+libdhash, libini_config, librefarray and libpath_utils.
+
+##############################################################################
+# Path Utils
+##############################################################################
+
+%package -n libpath_utils
+Summary: Filesystem Path Utilities
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{path_utils_version}
+
+%description -n libpath_utils
+Utility functions to manipulate filesystem pathnames
+
+%package -n libpath_utils-devel
+Summary: Development files for libpath_utils
+Group: Development/Libraries
+Requires: libpath_utils = %{path_utils_version}-%{release}
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{path_utils_version}
+
+%description -n libpath_utils-devel
+Utility functions to manipulate filesystem pathnames
+
+%post -n libpath_utils -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libpath_utils -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n libpath_utils
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING COPYING.LESSER
+%{_libdir}/libpath_utils.so.*
+
+%files -n libpath_utils-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/path_utils.h
+%{_libdir}/libpath_utils.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/path_utils.pc
+%doc path_utils/README.path_utils
+%doc path_utils/doc/html/
+
+
+##############################################################################
+# dhash
+##############################################################################
+
+%package -n libdhash
+Group: Development/Libraries
+Summary: Dynamic hash table
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{dhash_version}
+
+%description -n libdhash
+A hash table which will dynamically resize to achieve optimal storage & access
+time properties
+
+%package -n libdhash-devel
+Summary: Development files for libdhash
+Group: Development/Libraries
+Requires: libdhash = %{dhash_version}-%{release}
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{dhash_version}
+
+%description -n libdhash-devel
+A hash table which will dynamically resize to achieve optimal storage & access
+time properties
+
+%post -n libdhash -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libdhash -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n libdhash
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING COPYING.LESSER
+%{_libdir}/libdhash.so.*
+
+%files -n libdhash-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/dhash.h
+%{_libdir}/libdhash.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/dhash.pc
+%doc dhash/README.dhash
+%doc dhash/examples/*.c
+
+
+##############################################################################
+# collection
+##############################################################################
+%package -n libcollection
+Summary: Collection data-type for C
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{collection_version}
+
+%description -n libcollection
+A data-type to collect data in a hierarchical structure for easy iteration
+and serialization
+
+%package -n libcollection-devel
+Summary: Development files for libcollection
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+Requires: libcollection = %{collection_version}-%{release}
+Version: %{collection_version}
+
+%description -n libcollection-devel
+A data-type to collect data in a hierarchical structure for easy iteration
+and serialization
+
+%post -n libcollection -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libcollection -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+
+%files -n libcollection
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING
+%doc COPYING.LESSER
+%{_libdir}/libcollection.so.*
+
+%files -n libcollection-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/collection.h
+%{_includedir}/collection_tools.h
+%{_includedir}/collection_queue.h
+%{_includedir}/collection_stack.h
+%{_libdir}/libcollection.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/collection.pc
+%doc collection/doc/html/
+
+
+##############################################################################
+# ref_array
+##############################################################################
+
+%package -n libref_array
+Summary: A refcounted array for C
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{ref_array_version}
+
+%description -n libref_array
+A dynamically-growing, reference-counted array
+
+%package -n libref_array-devel
+Summary: Development files for libref_array
+Group: Development/Libraries
+Requires: libref_array = %{ref_array_version}-%{release}
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{ref_array_version}
+
+%description -n libref_array-devel
+A dynamically-growing, reference-counted array
+
+%post -n libref_array -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libref_array -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n libref_array
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING
+%doc COPYING.LESSER
+%{_libdir}/libref_array.so.*
+
+%files -n libref_array-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/ref_array.h
+%{_libdir}/libref_array.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ref_array.pc
+%doc refarray/README.ref_array
+%doc refarray/doc/html/
+
+
+##############################################################################
+# basicobjects
+##############################################################################
+
+%package -n libbasicobjects
+Summary: Basic object types for C
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: GPLv3+
+Version: %{basicobjects_version}
+
+%description -n libbasicobjects
+Basic object types
+
+%package -n libbasicobjects-devel
+Summary: Development files for libbasicobjects
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: GPLv3+
+Version: %{basicobjects_version}
+Requires: libbasicobjects = %{basicobjects_version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n libbasicobjects-devel
+Basic object types
+
+%post -n libbasicobjects -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libbasicobjects -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n libbasicobjects
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING
+%doc COPYING.LESSER
+%{_libdir}/libbasicobjects.so.*
+
+%files -n libbasicobjects-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/simplebuffer.h
+%{_libdir}/libbasicobjects.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/basicobjects.pc
+
+##############################################################################
+# ini_config
+##############################################################################
+
+%package -n libini_config
+Summary: INI file parser for C
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+Version: %{ini_config_version}
+
+%description -n libini_config
+Library to process config files in INI format into a libcollection data
+structure
+
+%package -n libini_config-devel
+Summary: Development files for libini_config
+Group: Development/Libraries
+License: LGPLv3+
+Requires: libini_config = %{ini_config_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libcollection-devel = %{collection_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libref_array-devel = %{ref_array_version}-%{release}
+Requires: libbasicobjects-devel = %{basicobjects_version}-%{release}
+Version: %{ini_config_version}
+
+%description -n libini_config-devel
+Library to process config files in INI format into a libcollection data
+structure
+
+%post -n libini_config -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libini_config -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -n libini_config
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc COPYING
+%doc COPYING.LESSER
+%{_libdir}/libini_config.so.*
+
+%files -n libini_config-devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/ini_config.h
+%{_includedir}/ini_comment.h
+%{_includedir}/ini_configmod.h
+%{_includedir}/ini_configobj.h
+%{_includedir}/ini_valueobj.h
+%{_libdir}/libini_config.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/ini_config.pc
+%doc ini/doc/html/
+
+
+##############################################################################
+# Build steps
+##############################################################################
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%patch0001 -p1 -b .soname
+
+%build
+autoreconf -ivf
+%configure \
+ --disable-static
+
+make %{?_smp_mflags} all docs
+
+%check
+make %{?_smp_mflags} check
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+# Remove .la files created by libtool
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.la
+
+# Remove the example files from the output directory
+# We will copy them directly from the source directory
+# for packaging
+rm -f \
+ $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/doc/ding-libs/README.* \
+ $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/doc/ding-libs/examples/dhash_example.c \
+ $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/doc/ding-libs/examples/dhash_test.c
+
+# Remove document install script. RPM is handling this
+rm -f */doc/html/installdox
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Jun 27 2016 Michal Židek <mzidek@redhat.com> - 0.6.1-29
+- Fix rpmdiff failure for 'Binary stripping'
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480270 - Rebase ding-libs to the latest upstream release
+
+* Mon Jun 27 2016 Michal Židek <mzidek@redhat.com> - 0.6.1-28
+- Re-add the soname hack
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480270 - Rebase ding-libs to the latest upstream release
+
+* Mon Jun 27 2016 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.5.0.1-27
+- Re-add the soname hack
+- Resolves: rhbz#1290382 - Rebase ding-libs to the latest available upstream
+
+* Wed Jun 22 2016 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.5.0.1-26
+- Resolves: rhbz#1290382 - Rebase ding-libs to the latest available upstream
+
+* Tue Jun 23 2015 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.5.0.1-25
+- Resolves: rhbz#1205557 - Include the latest upstream ding-libs release in 7.2
+- Port the SONAME hack
+
+* Thu Sep 11 2014 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.4.0.1-24
+- Fix ABI breakage that affected gssproxy
+- Related: rhbz#1109856 - Rebase ding-libs to 0.4.0
+
+* Thu Jul 24 2014 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.4.0.1-23
+- Resolves: rhbz#1109856 - Rebase ding-libs to 0.4.0
+
+* Fri Jan 24 2014 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-22
+- Mass rebuild 2014-01-24
+
+* Fri Dec 27 2013 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-21
+- Mass rebuild 2013-12-27
+
+* Fri Sep 27 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-20
+- Apply a patch by Dmitri Pal to strip trailing whitespace
+- Resolves: rhbz#1012434 - libiniconfig doesn't trim trailing whitespace
+
+* Tue Jul 16 2013 Ondrej Kos <okos@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-18
+- Apply patch to stop generating doxygen timestamps
+- Apply patch to include correct libini_config file
+
+* Thu May 23 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-17
+- Apply patch by Ondrej Kos to bump libtool version info
+
+* Fri Apr 05 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-16
+- Fix libiniconfig_devel Requires
+
+* Thu Apr 04 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-15
+- Increase the release number to -15 to allow clean upgrade path from
+ 0.2 since some of the components kept their version the same in 0.3
+
+* Mon Apr 01 2013 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-3
+- Bumping revision to fix build glitch
+
+* Fri Mar 29 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.3.0.1-1
+- New upstream release 0.3.0.1
+- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Releases/DingNotes-0.3.0.1
+- obsoletes patch0001
+
+* Thu Mar 28 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.3.0-2
+- Remove cast to allow INI to work on 32bits
+
+* Thu Mar 28 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.3.0-1
+- New upstream release 0.3.0
+- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Releases/DingNotes-0.3.0
+
+* Mon Mar 25 2013 Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com> - 0.2.91-14
+- include a patch to get rid of autoreconf warnings
+- run autoreconf before configure
+- Resolves: #925258
+
+* Wed Feb 13 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.91-13
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Oct 31 2012 Ondrej Kos <okos@redhat.com> - 0.2.91-12
+- Fixes missing devel dependency
+
+* Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.91-11
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon May 28 2012 Jan Zeleny <jzeleny@redhat.com> - 0.2.91-10
+- a bunch of fixes in spec file
+
+* Fri May 25 2012 Jan Zeleny <jzeleny@redhat.com> - 0.2.91-9
+- Bumped the release number to 9 for smooth upgrade
+
+* Fri May 25 2012 Jan Zeleny <jzeleny@redhat.com> - 0.2.91-1
+- Rebase to 0.3.0beta1, changelog available at
+ https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Releases/DingNotes-0.2.91
+
+* Tue Mar 06 2012 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.1.3-8
+- Make path_concat return empty string on ENOBUFS
+
+* Tue Mar 06 2012 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.1.3-7
+- Fix off-by-one bug in path_concat()
+- Resolves: rhbz#799347 - path_utils:test_path_concat_neg fails on 64-bit big
+ endians
+
+* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.1.3-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Sep 15 2011 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.1.3-5
+- New upstream release 0.1.3
+- Fixes a serious issue with libdhash and large initial hash sizes
+
+* Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.1.2-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Oct 15 2010 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.1.2-3
+- New upsteam release 0.1.2
+- Fixes a serious issue with libdhash where hash_enter() would never update
+- existing entries for a key.
+
+* Fri Sep 24 2010 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.1.1-2
+- Fix invalid source URL
+
+* Thu Sep 23 2010 Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com> - 0.1.1-1
+- Initial release of ding-libs