diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/regex-0.2.2.crate
diff --git a/regex-0.2.2-fix-metadata.diff b/regex-0.2.2-fix-metadata.diff
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+--- regex-0.2.2/Cargo.toml	2017-05-21T18:24:14+02:00
++++ regex-0.2.2/Cargo.toml	2017-11-08T23:27:36.884076+01:00
+@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
+ # For very fast prefix literal matching.
+ aho-corasick = "0.6.0"
+ # For skipping along search text quickly when a leading byte is known.
+-memchr = "1.0.0"
++memchr = "2.0.0"
+ # For managing regex caches quickly across multiple threads.
+ thread_local = "0.3.2"
+ # For parsing regular expressions.
+-regex-syntax = { path = "regex-syntax", version = "0.4.1" }
+-# For accelerating text search.
+-simd = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
++regex-syntax = { version = "0.4.1" }
+ # For compiling UTF-8 decoding into automata.
+ utf8-ranges = "1.0.0"
+ 
+@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@
+ [features]
+ # Enable to use the unstable pattern traits defined in std.
+ pattern = []
+-# Enable to use simd acceleration.
+-simd-accel = ["simd"]
+ 
+ [lib]
+ # There are no benchmarks in the library code itself
diff --git a/rust-regex.spec b/rust-regex.spec
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+++ b/rust-regex.spec
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+# Generated by rust2rpm
+# regex(dev) -> quickcheck(opt) -> env_logger(opt) -> regex
+%bcond_with check
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
+%global crate regex
+
+Name:           rust-%{crate}
+Version:        0.2.2
+Release:        2%{?dist}
+Summary:        Implementation of regular expressions for Rust
+
+License:        MIT or ASL 2.0
+URL:            https://crates.io/crates/regex
+Source0:        https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/%{crate}/%{version}/download#/%{crate}-%{version}.crate
+# Initial patched metadata
+# * No path dependencies
+# * simd is nightly
+# * bump memchr to 2, https://github.com/rust-lang/regex/pull/415
+Patch0:         regex-0.2.2-fix-metadata.diff
+
+ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
+
+BuildRequires:  rust-packaging
+# [dependencies]
+BuildRequires:  (crate(aho-corasick) >= 0.6.0 with crate(aho-corasick) < 0.7.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(memchr) >= 2.0.0 with crate(memchr) < 3.0.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(regex-syntax) >= 0.4.1 with crate(regex-syntax) < 0.5.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(thread_local) >= 0.3.2 with crate(thread_local) < 0.4.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(utf8-ranges) >= 1.0.0 with crate(utf8-ranges) < 2.0.0)
+%if %{with check}
+# [dev-dependencies]
+BuildRequires:  (crate(lazy_static) >= 0.2.2 with crate(lazy_static) < 0.3.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(quickcheck) >= 0.4.1 with crate(quickcheck) < 0.5.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(rand) >= 0.3.15 with crate(rand) < 0.4.0)
+%endif
+
+%description
+%{summary}.
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description    devel
+An implementation of regular expressions for Rust. This implementation uses
+finite automata and guarantees linear time matching on all inputs.
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages
+which use %{crate} from crates.io.
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version} -p1
+%cargo_prep
+
+%build
+%cargo_build
+
+%install
+%cargo_install
+
+%if %{with check}
+%check
+%cargo_test
+%endif
+
+%files          devel
+%license LICENSE-MIT LICENSE-APACHE
+%doc README.md CHANGELOG.md HACKING.md PERFORMANCE.md
+%{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version}/
+%exclude %{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version}/{appveyor.yml,ci,scripts}
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Nov 08 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.2-2
+- Bump memchr to 2
+
+* Wed Jun 14 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.2-1
+- Update to 0.2.2
+
+* Wed Jun 14 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.1-2
+- Port to use rust-packaging
+
+* Sat Feb 25 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.1-1
+- Initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+++ b/sources
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+SHA512 (regex-0.2.2.crate) = 208b671d06b260e4a130718a86ced88ee7f183bd056461bc6d44a15a22260a9ee05a014682bdb8bb7ff674fd33ac4748687c7ebd847578c7fecc8efbbb1993b3