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+SOURCES/dectest.zip
+SOURCES/mpdecimal-2.5.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.mpdecimal.metadata b/.mpdecimal.metadata
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+9d8343660aca8450154ae202d7ca0e17f5d21ede SOURCES/dectest.zip
+16d0b8df9be8cacda90dd4cd041e3f5838e17074 SOURCES/mpdecimal-2.5.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/mpdecimal.spec b/SPECS/mpdecimal.spec
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+# versioned documentation for old releases
+%{!?_pkgdocdir: %global _pkgdocdir %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}}
+
+Name:           mpdecimal
+Version:        2.5.1
+Release:        3%{?dist}
+Summary:        Library for general decimal arithmetic
+License:        BSD
+
+URL:            http://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/index.html
+Source0:        http://www.bytereef.org/software/mpdecimal/releases/mpdecimal-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        http://speleotrove.com/decimal/dectest.zip
+
+BuildRequires:  make
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  unzip
+
+%description
+The package contains a library libmpdec implementing General Decimal
+Arithmetic Specification. The specification, written by Mike Cowlishaw from
+IBM, defines a general purpose arbitrary precision data type together with
+rigorously specified functions and rounding behavior.
+
+%package -n %{name}++
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Summary:        Library for general decimal arithmetic (C++)
+
+%description -n %{name}++
+The package contains a library libmpdec++ implementing General Decimal
+Arithmetic Specification. The specification, written by Mike Cowlishaw from
+IBM, defines a general purpose arbitrary precision data type together with
+rigorously specified functions and rounding behavior.
+
+%package        devel
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       %{name}++%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Summary:        Development headers for mpdecimal library
+
+%description devel
+The package contains development headers for the mpdecimal library.
+
+%package        doc
+Summary:        Documentation for mpdecimal library
+# docs is FBSDDL
+# bundles underscore.js: MIT
+# bundles jquery: MIT
+# jquery bundles sizzle.js: MIT
+License:        FBSDDL and MIT
+BuildArch:      noarch
+Provides:       bundled(js-jquery) = 3.4.1
+Provides:       bundled(js-underscore) = 1.3.1
+
+%description doc
+The package contains documentation for the mpdecimal library.
+
+%prep
+%autosetup
+unzip -d tests/testdata %{SOURCE1}
+
+%build
+# Force -ffat-lto-objects so that configure tests are assembled which
+# is required for ASM configure tests.  -ffat-lto-objects is the default
+# for F33, but will not be the default in F34
+#define _lto_cflags -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects
+
+%configure
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%check
+make check
+
+%install
+%make_install
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
+
+# license will go into dedicated directory
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/LICENSE.txt
+
+# relocate documentation if versioned documentation is used
+if [ "%{_pkgdocdir}" != "%{_docdir}/%{name}" ]; then
+  install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}
+  mv -v %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%{name}/* %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir}/
+fi
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE.txt
+%{_libdir}/libmpdec.so.%{version}
+%{_libdir}/libmpdec.so.3
+
+%files -n %{name}++
+%{_libdir}/libmpdec++.so.%{version}
+%{_libdir}/libmpdec++.so.3
+
+%files devel
+%{_libdir}/libmpdec.so
+%{_libdir}/libmpdec++.so
+%{_includedir}/mpdecimal.h
+%{_includedir}/decimal.hh
+
+%files doc
+%license doc/LICENSE.txt
+%doc %{_pkgdocdir}
+
+%ldconfig_scriptlets
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Jan 19 2023 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-3
+- Split libmpdec++ into a mpdecimal++ subpackage
+- This prevents packages only using the libmpdec library from transitively depending on libstdc++
+
+* Wed Jan 18 2023 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-2
+- Fix license information
+
+* Tue Jan 17 2023 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.5.1-1
+- Import into RHEL
+- Fedora contributions by:
+      Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com>
+      Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org>
+      Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@fedoraproject.org>
+      Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+      Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
+      Lukas Zachar <lzachar@redhat.com>
+      Miro Hrončok <miro@hroncok.cz>
+      Tom Stellard <tstellar@redhat.com>