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+Name:           libtomcrypt
+Version:        1.17
+Release:        5%{?dist}
+Summary:        a comprehensive, portable cryptographic toolkit
+Group:          System Environment/Libraries
+License:        Public Domain
+URL:            http://www.libtom.org/?page=features&newsitems=5&whatfile=crypt
+Source0:        http://www.libtom.org/files/crypt-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Requires:       libtommath >= 0.41
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+BuildRequires:  libtommath-devel >= 0.41, libtool
+
+Patch0:         libtomcrypt-makefile.patch
+
+%description
+A comprehensive, modular and portable cryptographic toolkit that
+provides developers with a vast array of well known published block
+ciphers, one-way hash functions, chaining modes, pseudo-random number
+generators, public key cryptography and a plethora of other routines.
+
+Designed from the ground up to be very simple to use. It has a modular
+and standard API that allows new ciphers, hashes and PRNGs to be added
+or removed without change to the overall end application. It features
+easy to use functions and a complete user manual which has many source
+snippet examples. 
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+BuildRequires:  tetex-latex, tetex-dvips, ghostscript
+
+%description    devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
+developing applications that use %{name}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .makefile
+
+
+%build
+# no configure script ships with libtomcrypt.  Its only requirement is
+# ANSI C. And libtommath.  Explicitly force it to be built against libtommath
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DLTM_DESC -I%{_includedir}/tommath"
+make %{?_smp_mflags} LIBPATH=%{_libdir} EXTRALIBS="-ltommath" -f makefile.shared 
+make %{?_smp_mflags} LIBPATH=%{_libdir} -f makefile docs
+
+
+%check
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DLTM_DESC -DUSE_LTM -I%{_includedir}/tommath"
+make %{?_smp_mflags} LIBPATH=%{_libdir} EXTRALIBS="-ltommath" test
+./test
+
+%install
+# There is no configure script that ships with libtomcrypt but it does
+# have understand DESTDIR and its installs via that and the
+# INSTALL_USER and INSTALL_GROUP environment variables.
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+export INSTALL_USER=$(id -un)
+export INSTALL_GROUP=$(id -gn)
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DLTM_DESC -DUSE_LTM"
+
+make install INCPATH=%{_includedir}/tomcrypt DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT LIBPATH=%{_libdir} EXTRALIBS="-ltommath" -f makefile.shared
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.h' -exec chmod 644 {} ';'
+
+# remove unneeded files
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.a' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name 'libtomcrypt_prof*' -exec rm -f {} ';'
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc LICENSE
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc doc/crypt.pdf
+%{_includedir}/tomcrypt
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Jun 30 2007 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@hinegardner.org> - 1.17-5
+- removed package name from summary
+- fixed URL and Source0 links
+- really fixed linkage flag this time, added it to the build section not
+  just the check.
+
+* Fri Jun 29 2007 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@hinegardner.org> - 1.17-4
+- fixed linkage flag with correct tommath name
+- added check section
+- removed libtomcrypt_prof libraries from package
+- remove package name from summary
+
+* Wed Jun 27 2007 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@hinegardner.org> - 1.17-3
+- create makefile patch to ensure RPM_OPT_FLAGS is honored
+- install headers into _includedir/tomcrypt
+- add location of libtommath headers to CFLAGS
+
+* Sat Jun 23 2007 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@hinegardner.org> - 1.17-2
+- update build process to pass LIBPATH to make
+
+* Fri Jun 22 2007 Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@hinegardner.org> - 1.17-1
+- Initial spec file creation