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+SOURCES/vdo-6.1.0.149.tgz
diff --git a/.vdo.metadata b/.vdo.metadata
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+a104b69c224502645321b173d4a0138d75c011bf SOURCES/vdo-6.1.0.149.tgz
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-The master branch has no content
-
-Look at the c7 branch if you are working with CentOS-7, or the c4/c5/c6 branch for CentOS-4, 5 or 6
-If you find this file in a distro specific branch, it means that no content has been checked in yet
diff --git a/SPECS/vdo.spec b/SPECS/vdo.spec
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+%define spec_release 16
+#
+#
+#
+Summary: Management tools for Virtual Data Optimizer
+Name: vdo
+Version: 6.1.0.149
+Release: %{spec_release}
+License: GPLv2
+Source: %{name}-%{version}.tgz
+URL: http://github.com/dm-vdo/vdo
+Distribution: RHEL 7.3
+Requires: PyYAML >= 3.10
+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: libuuid-devel
+BuildRequires: python
+BuildRequires: python-devel
+BuildRequires: systemd
+BuildRequires: valgrind-devel
+BuildRequires: zlib-devel
+
+# Disable an automatic dependency due to a file in examples/nagios.
+%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 -q
+
+%build
+make
+
+%install
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALLOWNER= bindir=%{_bindir} \
+  defaultdocdir=%{_defaultdocdir} name=%{name} \
+  python_sitelib=%{python_sitelib} mandir=%{_mandir} \
+  unitdir=%{_unitdir}
+
+%post
+systemctl enable vdo.service || :
+
+%preun
+systemctl disable vdo.service || :
+
+%files
+#defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/vdo
+%{_bindir}/vdostats
+%{_bindir}/vdodumpconfig
+%{_bindir}/vdoforcerebuild
+%{_bindir}/vdoformat
+%{_bindir}/vdoprepareupgrade
+%{_bindir}/vdoreadonly
+%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/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
+%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
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible/vdo.py
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible/vdo.pyc
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/ansible/vdo.pyo
+%dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/nagios
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/nagios/nagios_check_vdostats_logicalSpace.pl
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/nagios/nagios_check_vdostats_physicalSpace.pl
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/nagios/nagios_check_vdostats_savingPercent.pl
+%dir %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/systemd
+%doc %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}/examples/systemd/VDO.mount.example
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdo.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdostats.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdodumpconfig.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdodumpmetadata.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdoforcerebuild.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/vdoformat.8.gz
+
+
+%changelog
+* 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