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+SOURCES/iperf-3.1.7.tar.gz
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+bba87e27fc6f7480521a622fb1e50cbd6c01cdd9 SOURCES/iperf-3.1.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/iperf3.spec b/SPECS/iperf3.spec
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+Name:	iperf3
+Version: 3.1.7
+Release: 2%{?dist}
+Summary: Measurement tool for TCP/UDP bandwidth performance
+
+Group:	 Applications/Internet	
+License: BSD	
+URL:	 http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/
+Source0: http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+%description
+Iperf is a tool to measure maximum TCP bandwidth, allowing the tuning of
+various parameters and UDP characteristics. Iperf reports bandwidth, delay
+jitter, data-gram loss.
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+Requires:       iperf3 = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description    devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
+developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n iperf-%{version}
+
+%build
+%configure
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%makeinstall -C src INSTALL_DIR="${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}"
+mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man1
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libiperf.la
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libiperf.a
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%%doc README.md INSTALL LICENSE RELEASE_NOTES
+%{_mandir}/man1/iperf3.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man3/libiperf.3.gz
+%{_bindir}/iperf3
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{_includedir}/iperf_api.h
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Mar 10 2017 Michal Ruprich - 3.1.7-2
+- Related: #913329 - [RFE] include iperf3 in RHEL 7
+                   - adding requires to spec file for devel package
+
+* Thu Mar 09 2017 Michal Ruprich <mruprich@redhat.com> - 3.1.7-1
+- Related: #913329 - [RFE] include iperf3 in RHEL 7
+                   - adding latest version before including iperf3 in RHEL-7
+
+* Wed Mar 01 2017 Michal Ruprich <mruprich@redhat.com> - 3.1.6-1
+- Resolves: #913329 - [RFE] include iperf3 in RHEL 7
+- initial build