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+SOURCES/Text-Soundex-3.05.tar.gz
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+aa846efe4da6f84dc33088f186b7984271334f5e SOURCES/Text-Soundex-3.05.tar.gz
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+Name:           perl-Text-Soundex
+Version:        3.05
+Release:        8%{?dist}
+Summary:        Implementation of the soundex algorithm
+# The original license was (Copyright only). Since 3.05 somebody (RJBS?)
+# added Perl license but kept the original license text.
+License:        (Copyright only) and (GPL+ or Artistic)
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Soundex/
+Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/R/RJ/RJBS/Text-Soundex-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  coreutils
+BuildRequires:  findutils
+BuildRequires:  make
+BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter
+BuildRequires:  perl-devel
+BuildRequires:  perl-generators
+BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
+BuildRequires:  perl(strict)
+# Run-time:
+# Carp not needed for tests
+%if 0%(perl -e 'print $] > 5.016')
+BuildRequires:  perl(deprecate)
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  perl(Exporter)
+BuildRequires:  perl(if)
+# Text::Unidecode not needed for tests
+BuildRequires:  perl(XSLoader)
+Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`perl -V:version`"; echo $version))
+Requires:       perl(Carp)
+%if 0%(perl -e 'print $] > 5.016')
+Requires:       perl(deprecate)
+%endif
+Requires:       perl(Text::Unidecode)
+
+%{?perl_default_filter}
+
+%description
+Soundex is a phonetic algorithm for indexing names by sound, as pronounced in
+English. This module implements the original soundex algorithm developed by
+Robert Russell and Margaret Odell, as well as a variation called "American
+Soundex".
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n Text-Soundex-%{version}
+
+%build
+perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor OPTIMIZE="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+make pure_install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} \;
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name '*.bs' -size 0 -exec rm -f {} \;
+%{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
+
+%check
+make test
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc Changes README
+%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/*
+%{perl_vendorarch}/Text*
+%{_mandir}/man3/*
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Feb 09 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.05-8
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Aug 03 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.05-7
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jul 27 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.05-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sun Jun 04 2017 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 3.05-5
+- Perl 5.26 rebuild
+
+* Sat Feb 11 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.05-4
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sun May 15 2016 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 3.05-3
+- Perl 5.24 rebuild
+
+* Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.05-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Nov 11 2015 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 3.05-1
+- 3.05 bump (license changed to ((Copyright only) and (GPL+ or Artistic)))
+
+* Thu Jun 18 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.04-296
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jun 03 2015 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 3.04-295
+- Perl 5.22 rebuild
+
+* Tue Aug 26 2014 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 3.04-294
+- Perl 5.20 rebuild
+
+* Sun Aug 17 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.04-293
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.04-292
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sun Aug 04 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 3.04-291
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jul 15 2013 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 3.04-290
+- Increase release to favour standalone package
+
+* Fri Jul 12 2013 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 3.04-3
+- Perl 5.18 rebuild
+
+* Tue May 28 2013 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 3.04-2
+- Correct typo in dependencies
+
+* Mon Mar 04 2013 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 3.04-1
+- 3.04 bump
+
+* Wed Jan 30 2013 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> 3.03-1
+- Specfile autogenerated by cpanspec 1.78.