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+SOURCES/appstream-glib-0.7.8.tar.xz
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+d5c61ebd4efa2a8c77789120c39cc3d58ae99a6d SOURCES/appstream-glib-0.7.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/SPECS/libappstream-glib.spec b/SPECS/libappstream-glib.spec
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+# Enable hardening in RHEL 7
+%global _hardened_build 1
+
+%global glib2_version 2.45.8
+%global libsoup_version 2.51.92
+%global json_glib_version 1.1.1
+%global gdk_pixbuf_version 2.31.5
+
+Summary:   Library for AppStream metadata
+Name:      libappstream-glib
+Version:   0.7.8
+Release:   2%{?dist}
+License:   LGPLv2+
+URL:       http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/
+Source0:   http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/releases/appstream-glib-%{version}.tar.xz
+
+BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
+BuildRequires: docbook-utils
+BuildRequires: gtk-doc
+BuildRequires: gobject-introspection-devel
+BuildRequires: gperf
+BuildRequires: libarchive-devel
+BuildRequires: libsoup-devel >= %{libsoup_version}
+BuildRequires: gdk-pixbuf2-devel >= %{gdk_pixbuf_version}
+BuildRequires: gtk3-devel
+BuildRequires: gettext
+BuildRequires: libgcab1-devel
+BuildRequires: libuuid-devel
+BuildRequires: json-glib-devel >= %{json_glib_version}
+BuildRequires: meson
+
+# for the builder component
+BuildRequires: fontconfig-devel
+BuildRequires: freetype-devel
+BuildRequires: pango-devel
+BuildRequires: rpm-devel
+BuildRequires: sqlite-devel
+BuildRequires: gcab
+
+# for the manpages
+BuildRequires: libxslt
+BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
+
+# Make sure we pull in the minimum required versions
+Requires: gdk-pixbuf2%{?_isa} >= %{gdk_pixbuf_version}
+Requires: glib2%{?_isa} >= %{glib2_version}
+Requires: json-glib%{?_isa} >= %{json_glib_version}
+Requires: libsoup%{?_isa} >= %{libsoup_version}
+
+# no longer required
+Obsoletes: appdata-tools < 0.1.9
+Provides: appdata-tools
+
+# this is not a library version
+%define as_plugin_version               5
+
+%description
+This library provides GObjects and helper methods to make it easy to read and
+write AppStream metadata. It also provides a simple DOM implementation that
+makes it easy to edit nodes and convert to and from the standardized XML
+representation.
+
+%package devel
+Summary: GLib Libraries and headers for appstream-glib
+Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+GLib headers and libraries for appstream-glib.
+
+%package builder
+Summary: Library and command line tools for building AppStream metadata
+Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description builder
+This library and command line tool is used for building AppStream metadata
+from a directory of packages.
+
+%package builder-devel
+Summary: GLib Libraries and headers for appstream-builder
+Requires: %{name}-builder%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description builder-devel
+GLib headers and libraries for appstream-builder.
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -p1 -n appstream-glib-%{version}
+
+%build
+%meson \
+    -Dgtk-doc=true \
+    -Dstemmer=false \
+    -Ddep11=false
+%meson_build
+
+%install
+%meson_install
+
+%find_lang appstream-glib
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post builder -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun builder -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files -f appstream-glib.lang
+%license COPYING
+%doc README.md AUTHORS NEWS
+%{_libdir}/libappstream-glib.so.8*
+%{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/*.typelib
+%{_bindir}/appstream-util
+%{_bindir}/appstream-compose
+%dir %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/
+%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/appstream-util
+%{_mandir}/man1/appstream-util.1.gz
+%{_mandir}/man1/appstream-compose.1.gz
+
+%files devel
+%{_libdir}/libappstream-glib.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/appstream-glib.pc
+%dir %{_includedir}/libappstream-glib
+%{_includedir}/libappstream-glib/*.h
+%{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/appstream-glib
+%{_datadir}/gir-1.0/AppStreamGlib-1.0.gir
+%{_datadir}/aclocal/*.m4
+%{_datadir}/installed-tests/appstream-glib/*.test
+%{_datadir}/gettext/its/appdata.its
+%{_datadir}/gettext/its/appdata.loc
+
+%files builder
+%license COPYING
+%{_bindir}/appstream-builder
+%{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions/appstream-builder
+%{_libdir}/asb-plugins-%{as_plugin_version}/libasb_plugin_appdata.so
+%{_libdir}/asb-plugins-%{as_plugin_version}/libasb_plugin_desktop.so
+%{_libdir}/asb-plugins-%{as_plugin_version}/libasb_plugin_font.so
+%{_libdir}/asb-plugins-%{as_plugin_version}/libasb_plugin_gettext.so
+%{_libdir}/asb-plugins-%{as_plugin_version}/libasb_plugin_hardcoded.so
+%{_libdir}/asb-plugins-%{as_plugin_version}/libasb_plugin_shell_extension.so
+%{_libdir}/libappstream-builder.so.8*
+%{_mandir}/man1/appstream-builder.1.gz
+
+%files builder-devel
+%license COPYING
+%{_libdir}/libappstream-builder.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/appstream-builder.pc
+%dir %{_includedir}/libappstream-builder
+%{_includedir}/libappstream-builder/*.h
+%{_datadir}/gir-1.0/AppStreamBuilder-1.0.gir
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Sep 05 2018 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> 0.7.8-2
+- Build with full hardening enabled
+- Resolves: #1616185
+
+* Fri Apr 20 2018 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 0.7.8-1
+- New upstream release
+- Resolves: #1570025
+
+* Mon Mar 06 2017 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 0.6.10-1
+- New upstream release
+- Resolves: #1386997
+
+* Thu Feb 02 2017 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> 0.6.8-1
+- New upstream release
+- Resolves: #1386997
+
+* Sat Nov 01 2014 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 0.3.6-1
+- Initial import
+- Resolves: #1184201
+