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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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diff --git a/SOURCES/macros.ghc-srpm b/SOURCES/macros.ghc-srpm
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+# Macros needed for building srpms of Haskell packages
+
+# from ghc-7.8 ghci is supported on all arch's
+# former archs: armv5tel ppc sparcv9
+%ghc_arches_with_ghci %{ix86} x86_64 armv7hl ppc64 ppc64le aarch64 s390 s390x %{mips}
+
+# ghc_arches is not used in current packages but still here for back compat
+# former archs: alpha ppc sparcv9 armv5tel
+%ghc_arches %{ix86} x86_64 armv7hl ppc64 ppc64le aarch64 s390 s390x
diff --git a/SPECS/ghc-srpm-macros.spec b/SPECS/ghc-srpm-macros.spec
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+# ghc has been bootstrapped on all Fedora archs except aarch64.
+# The ghc interpreter ghci is only supported on a subset of archs.
+
+%global macros_dir %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d
+
+Name:           ghc-srpm-macros
+Version:        1.4.2
+Release:        7%{?dist}
+Summary:        RPM macros for building Haskell source packages
+
+License:        GPLv2+
+Url:            http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/ghc-srpm-macros.git
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+Source0:        macros.ghc-srpm
+
+%description
+Macros used when generating Haskell source RPM packages.
+
+
+%prep
+%{nil}
+
+
+%build
+echo no build stage needed
+
+
+%install
+install -p -D -m 0644 %{SOURCE0} %{buildroot}/%{macros_dir}/macros.ghc-srpm
+
+
+%files
+%{macros_dir}/macros.ghc-srpm
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Mar  7 2016 Michal Toman <mtoman@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-4
+- add MIPS to ghc_arches_with_ghci (#1294874)
+
+* Wed Feb 03 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.2-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Apr 27 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.4.2-1
+- reenable ghci on aarch64 (#1203951)
+
+* Thu Mar 19 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.1-1
+- disable ghci on aarch64 due to dynlinked runtime problems (see #1195231)
+
+* Tue Feb 17 2015 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.4-1
+- ghc-7.8 shared libraries allow ghci to work on all arch's
+
+* Fri Jun 27 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.3-2
+- add pkg git as URL (#1093541)
+- downgrade license tag to GPLv2+ in line with rpm (redhat-rpm-config is GPL+)
+- sync with current ghc-rpm-macros: add ghc_arches for backwards compatibility
+
+* Fri May  2 2014 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.3-1
+- separate from ghc-rpm-macros