diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..e2de5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/fern-0.6.2.crate
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a1f184..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# rust-fern0.6
-
-The rust-fern0.6 package
diff --git a/fern-fix-metadata.diff b/fern-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4f52e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fern-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- fern-0.6.2/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
++++ fern-0.6.2/Cargo.toml	2024-11-06T12:34:13.746940+00:00
+@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
+ 
+ [package.metadata.docs.rs]
+ all-features = true
+-
+-[[example]]
+-name = "cmd-program"
+ 
+ [[example]]
+ name = "date-based-file-log"
+@@ -86,9 +83,6 @@
+ [dependencies.log]
+ version = "0.4"
+ features = ["std"]
+-
+-[dev-dependencies.clap]
+-version = "2.22"
+ 
+ [dev-dependencies.humantime]
+ version = "2.1.0"
diff --git a/rust-fern0.6.spec b/rust-fern0.6.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bede62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-fern0.6.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# Generated by rust2rpm 26
+%bcond_without check
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
+%global crate fern
+
+Name:           rust-fern0.6
+Version:        0.6.2
+Release:        %autorelease
+Summary:        Simple, efficient logging
+
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://crates.io/crates/fern
+Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * drop example-only dependency on clap ^2
+Patch:          fern-fix-metadata.diff
+
+BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
+
+%global _description %{expand:
+Simple, efficient logging.}
+
+%description %{_description}
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description    devel %{_description}
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
+use the "%{crate}" crate.
+
+%files          devel
+%license %{crate_instdir}/LICENSE
+%doc %{crate_instdir}/CHANGELOG.md
+%doc %{crate_instdir}/CONTRIBUTING.md
+%doc %{crate_instdir}/README.md
+%{crate_instdir}/
+
+%package     -n %{name}+default-devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description -n %{name}+default-devel %{_description}
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
+use the "default" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
+
+%files       -n %{name}+default-devel
+%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
+
+%package     -n %{name}+chrono-devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description -n %{name}+chrono-devel %{_description}
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
+use the "chrono" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
+
+%files       -n %{name}+chrono-devel
+%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
+
+%package     -n %{name}+date-based-devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description -n %{name}+date-based-devel %{_description}
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
+use the "date-based" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
+
+%files       -n %{name}+date-based-devel
+%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
+
+%package     -n %{name}+libc-devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description -n %{name}+libc-devel %{_description}
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
+use the "libc" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
+
+%files       -n %{name}+libc-devel
+%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
+
+%package     -n %{name}+meta-logging-in-format-devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description -n %{name}+meta-logging-in-format-devel %{_description}
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages which
+use the "meta-logging-in-format" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
+
+%files       -n %{name}+meta-logging-in-format-devel
+%ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version} -p1
+%cargo_prep
+# drop one example program that pulls in clap ^2
+rm examples/cmd-program.rs
+
+%generate_buildrequires
+%cargo_generate_buildrequires
+
+%build
+%cargo_build
+
+%install
+%cargo_install
+
+%if %{with check}
+%check
+%cargo_test
+%endif
+
+%changelog
+%autochangelog
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45da135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[package]
+cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
+    "drop example-only dependency on clap ^2",
+]
+
+[features]
+hide = [
+    "colored",
+    "reopen03",
+    "reopen1",
+    "reopen-03",
+    "reopen-1",
+    "syslog3",
+    "syslog4",
+    "syslog6",
+    "syslog-3",
+    "syslog-4",
+    "syslog-6",
+]
+
+[scripts]
+prep.post = [
+    "# drop one example program that pulls in clap ^2",
+    "rm examples/cmd-program.rs",
+]
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f40ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (fern-0.6.2.crate) = f9c44d1387f803b567b7254d91cd942c55d30a1c3cd37786101d7d49d346bc2bbc593fa8a3b2e59711c5320c1496354e8d2f3ecf0967030ac1e5199650523fba