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+%global commit 741031af4b5ab1d03bb2a9206fb9e6c69790d13b
+%global gittag 6.1.3.4
+%global shortcommit %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
+%define spec_release 4
+#
+#
+#
+Summary: Management tools for Virtual Data Optimizer
+Name: vdo
+Version: %{gittag}
+Release: %{spec_release}%{?dist}
+License: GPLv2
+Source0: https://github.com/dm-vdo/%{name}/archive/%{commit}/%{name}-%{shortcommit}.tar.gz
+URL: http://github.com/dm-vdo/vdo
+Distribution: RHEL 7.7
+Requires: PyYAML >= 3.10
+Requires: libuuid >= 2.23
+Requires: kmod-kvdo >= 6.1
+Requires: lvm2 >= 2.02.171
+Provides: kvdo-kmod-common = %{version}
+ExclusiveArch: x86_64
+ExcludeArch: s390
+ExcludeArch: s390x
+ExcludeArch: ppc
+ExcludeArch: ppc64
+ExcludeArch: ppc64le
+ExcludeArch: aarch64
+ExcludeArch: i686
+BuildRequires: gcc
+BuildRequires: device-mapper-event-devel
+BuildRequires: libuuid-devel
+BuildRequires: python
+BuildRequires: python-devel
+BuildRequires: systemd
+BuildRequires: valgrind-devel
+BuildRequires: zlib-devel
+%{?systemd_requires}
+
+# Disable an automatic dependency due to a file in examples/monitor
+%define __requires_exclude perl
+
+%description
+Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO) is a device mapper target that delivers
+block-level deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning.
+
+This package provides the user-space management tools for VDO.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{name}-%{commit}
+
+%build
+make
+
+%install
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALLOWNER= bindir=%{_bindir} \
+ defaultdocdir=%{_defaultdocdir} name=%{name} \
+ python_sitelib=%{python_sitelib} mandir=%{_mandir} \
+ unitdir=%{_unitdir} presetdir=%{_presetdir}
+
+%post
+%systemd_post vdo.service
+
+%preun
+%systemd_preun vdo.service
+
+%postun
+%systemd_postun_with_restart vdo.service
+
+%files
+#defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/vdo
+%{_bindir}/vdodmeventd
+%{_bindir}/vdodumpconfig
+%{_bindir}/vdoforcerebuild
+%{_bindir}/vdoformat
+%{_bindir}/vdoprepareupgrade
+%{_bindir}/vdoreadonly
+%{_bindir}/vdostats
+%dir %{python_sitelib}/%{name}
+%dir %{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/CommandLock.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/CommandLock.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/CommandLock.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Configuration.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Configuration.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Configuration.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Constants.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Constants.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Constants.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Defaults.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Defaults.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Defaults.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/ExitStatusMixins.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/ExitStatusMixins.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/ExitStatusMixins.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/KernelModuleService.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/KernelModuleService.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/KernelModuleService.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/MgmntLogger.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/MgmntLogger.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/MgmntLogger.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/MgmntUtils.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/MgmntUtils.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/MgmntUtils.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Service.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Service.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Service.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/SizeString.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/SizeString.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/SizeString.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Utils.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Utils.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/Utils.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOService.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOService.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOService.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOKernelModuleService.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOKernelModuleService.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOKernelModuleService.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOOperation.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOOperation.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/VDOOperation.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/__init__.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/__init__.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/vdomgmnt/__init__.pyo
+%dir %{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/Command.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/Command.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/Command.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/Field.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/Field.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/Field.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/KernelStatistics.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/KernelStatistics.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/KernelStatistics.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/LabeledValue.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/LabeledValue.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/LabeledValue.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/StatFormatter.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/StatFormatter.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/StatFormatter.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/StatStruct.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/StatStruct.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/StatStruct.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/VDOReleaseVersions.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/VDOReleaseVersions.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/VDOReleaseVersions.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/VDOStatistics.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/VDOStatistics.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/VDOStatistics.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/__init__.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/__init__.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/statistics/__init__.pyo
+%dir %{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Command.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Command.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Command.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/FileUtils.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/FileUtils.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/FileUtils.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Logger.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Logger.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Logger.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Timeout.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Timeout.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Timeout.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Transaction.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Transaction.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/Transaction.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/YAMLObject.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/YAMLObject.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/YAMLObject.pyo
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/__init__.py
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/__init__.pyc
+%{python_sitelib}/%{name}/utils/__init__.pyo
+%{_unitdir}/vdo.service
+%{_presetdir}/97-vdo.preset
+%dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}
+%license %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/COPYING
+%dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples
+%dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible/README.txt
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible/test_vdocreate.yml
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible/test_vdocreate_alloptions.yml
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible/test_vdoremove.yml
+%dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/monitor
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/monitor/monitor_check_vdostats_logicalSpace.pl
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/monitor/monitor_check_vdostats_physicalSpace.pl
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/monitor/monitor_check_vdostats_savingPercent.pl
+%dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/systemd
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/systemd/VDO.mount.example
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdo.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdodmeventd.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdodumpconfig.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdoforcerebuild.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdoformat.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdostats.8.gz
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Aug 20 2019 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.3.4-4
+- Added UUID filtering of underlying devices when running vdo create with
+ the --force flag as this failed when run on certain PVs.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1707481
+
+* Wed Mar 27 2019 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.2.41-4
+- Removed the VDO Ansible module and associated examples from this package.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1536515
+- Improved error messages from the vdo script.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1688481
+
+* Tue Mar 19 2019 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.2.38-3
+- Fixed more error path memory leaks.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1609426
+- Improved man pages.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1636047
+- Improved checking for existing LVM physical volumes when formatting a new
+ VDO volume.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1687797
+- Fixed a bug which would cause the default logical size to be 480 KB
+ smaller than it could be without causing over-provisioning.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1532697
+- Removed extraneous man pages.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1643284
+- Allowed VDO backing devices to be specified by major:minor device number.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1637762
+- Improved behavior when attempting to create a VDO volume whose name conflicts
+ with an existing dm target.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1588140
+- Modified vdo script to report fewer errors when removing a VDO which
+ sits atop a missing device.
+ - Resolves: rhbz#1535476
+
+* Fri Sep 14 2018 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.1.125-3
+- Re-sync with the 'kmod-kvdo' package.
+- Related: rhbz#1628318
+
+* Sun Jul 29 2018 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.1.120-3
+- Improved error messages in the vdo script when failing to stop a device.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1511106
+- Improved man pages.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1572640
+- Modified vdo script to ignore (but preserve) unrecognised parameters in
+ the vdo config file so that config files are compatible across versions.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1604060
+- Updated Ansible module to change block map cache size on existing volumes
+- Resolves: rhbz#1541170
+
+* Sun Jul 15 2018 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.1.111-3
+- Added support for issuing fullness warnings via dmeventd
+- rhbz#1519307
+- Provided missing error code to text translation for vdoDumpConfig.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1595129
+- Improved error reporting when using pvcreate in the vdo script to check
+ for pre-existing devices when creating a VDO volume.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1557464
+
+* Wed Jun 20 2018 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.1.99-2
+- Modified the vdo script to not allow creation of a VDO device on top of
+ an already running VDO device.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1572640
+- Made the ordering of the output of vdo list stable.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1589363
+- Added the proper dist tag
+- Resolves: rhbz#1588043
+
+* Fri May 11 2018 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.1.84-1
+- Improved and corrected man pages.
+- Improved error handling in vdo script when stopping volumes in use.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1511106
+- Modified the vdo script to return more specific error exit codes.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1543954
+- Improved detection of existing formats when creating new volumes.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1557464
+- Improved VDO Ansible testing playbooks.
+- Fixed compilation errors on newer versions of GCC.
+- Removed the --physical-size option to vdoformat since VDO now always uses
+ the entire device on which it resides.
+- Modified vdo script to use /dev/disk/by-id to describe the location of
+ VDO volumes when possible.
+- Fixed a bug where VDO would always be created with a dense index even
+ when a sparse index was requested.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1570156
+- Modified the vdo script to accept decimal points or commas when
+ specifying the --indexMem option.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1552146
+- Changed vdo script to not accept --vdoSlabSize=0 as a way of specifying
+ the default since it was confusing. The default can be obtained by merely
+ omitting the parameter entirely.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1564181
+- Modified the vdo script to require the --force option to remove a VDO
+ whose underlying device is not present.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1535476
+
+* Thu May 10 2018 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.1.24-1
+- Rebased to 6.1.1 branch from github
+- Resolves: rhbz#1576701
+- Removed obsolete nagios module.
+- Modified spec files to use systemd macros
+- Resolves: rhbz#1531111
+- Updated the vdo.8 man page
+- Resolves: rhbz#1547786
+- Improved some error messages
+
+* Fri Feb 16 2018 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.149-16
+- Sync mode is safe if underlying storage changes to requiring flushes
+- Resolves: rhbz#1540777
+
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.146-16
+- VDO start command now does index memory checking
+- Module target is now "vdo" instead of "dedupe"
+- VDO remove with no device no longer puts a spurious file in /dev
+- ANsible module no longer fails on modification operations
+- Resolves: rhbz#1510567
+- Resolves: rhbz#1530358
+- Resolves: rhbz#1535597
+- Resolves: rhbz#1536214
+
+* Tue Feb 06 2018 - Andy Walsh <awalsh@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.144-16
+- Updated summary and description
+- Resolves: rhbz#1541409
+
+* Thu Feb 01 2018 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.130-15
+- vdo growLogical by less than 4K gives correct error
+- Fix URL to point to GitHub tree
+- Resolves: rhbz#1532653
+- Resolves: rhbz#1539059
+
+* Fri Jan 19 2018 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.124-14
+- Added a specific error for less than 1 block growLogical.
+- Resolves: rhbz#1532653
+
+* Wed Jan 10 2018 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.114-14
+- VDO automatically chooses the proper write policy by default
+- Package uninstall removes vdo.service symlinks
+- Resolves: rhbz#1525305
+- Resolves: rhbz#1531047
+
+* Thu Dec 21 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.106-13
+- Handle bogus --confFile and --logfile arguments
+- Produce more informative vdo manager high-level help
+- Generate command-specific unrecognized argument messages
+- Resolves: rhbz#1520927
+- Resolves: rhbz#1522750
+- Resolves: rhbz#1525560
+
+* Tue Dec 12 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.97-13
+- Remove vdo --noRun option
+- Clean up vdo error handling
+- Prevent python stack traces on vdo errors
+- Add more bounds checking to indexMem
+- Resolves: rhbz#1508544
+- Resolves: rhbz#1508918
+- Resolves: rhbz#1520991
+- Resolves: rhbz#1522754
+
+* Fri Dec 08 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.89-13
+- Build changes for UUID
+- Limit VDO physical size
+- Limit command options to those applicable to the subcommand
+- Fix vdo --modifyBlockMapPeriod
+- Report missing command option appropriately for all subcommands
+- Fix behavior of --indexMem when there's not enough memory
+- Remove obsolete nagios plugin from examples
+- Better error behavior for failing vdo status commands
+- Fix boundary check error for vdoLogicalSize
+- Resolves: rhbz#1507927
+- Resolves: rhbz#1508452
+- Resolves: rhbz#1508544
+- Resolves: rhbz#1508918
+- Resolves: rhbz#1509002
+- Resolves: rhbz#1510567
+- Resolves: rhbz#1512631
+- Resolves: rhbz#1522943
+
+* Fri Dec 01 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.72-12
+- Don't corrupt an existing filesystem with "vdo create" without "--force"
+- Resolves: rhbz#1510581
+
+* Mon Nov 27 2017 - Ken Raeburn <raeburn@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.55-11
+- Don't corrupt an existing filesystem with "vdo create" without "--force"
+- Resolves: rhbz#1510581
+
+* Fri Nov 17 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.55-10
+- manual pages: note logical size limit of 4P
+- manual pages: make cache size/thread count link clearer
+- Resolves: rhbz#1508452
+- Resolves: rhbz#1511042
+
+* Fri Nov 03 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.46-9
+- update manpage to not allow 0 as an option
+- enforce maximum vdoPhysicalThreads
+- update manpage to describe maximum vdoPhysicalThreads
+- Resolves: rhbz#1510405
+- Resolves: rhbz#1511075
+- Resolves: rhbz#1511085
+- Resolves: rhbz#1511091
+
+* Fri Nov 03 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.34-8
+- Bugfixes
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047
+
+* Mon Oct 30 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.0-7
+- Don't let make install try to set file ownerships itself
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047
+
+* Thu Oct 12 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.0-6
+- Added new man pages
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047
+
+* Fri Oct 6 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.0-5
+- Fixed a typo in the package description
+- Fixed man page paths
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047
+
+* Thu Oct 5 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.0-4
+- Fix vdostats name in nagios examples
+- Build only on the x86_64 architecture
+- Add systemd files
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047
+
+* Thu Oct 5 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.0-3
+- Added missing Build-Requires and incorporated naming changes
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047
+
+* Wed Oct 4 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.0-2
+- Fixed requirements and tags in %files section
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047
+
+* Tue Oct 3 2017 - Joseph Chapman <jochapma@redhat.com> - 6.1.0.0-1
+- Initial implementation
+- Resolves: rhbz#1480047