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+##
+##  aspell.spec -- OpenPKG RPM Specification
+##  Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Cable & Wireless Deutschland GmbH
+##  Copyright (c) 2000-2002 The OpenPKG Project <http://www.openpkg.org/>
+##  Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
+##
+##  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
+##  any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
+##  the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
+##  copies.
+##
+##  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
+##  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+##  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+##  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
+##  CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+##  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+##  LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
+##  USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+##  ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+##  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
+##  OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+##  SUCH DAMAGE.
+##
+
+#   package version
+%define       V_aspell     0.50.3
+%define       V_aspell_en  0.50-2
+%define       V_aspell_de  0.50-2
+
+#   package information
+Name:         aspell
+Summary:      Interactive Spell Checker
+URL:          http://aspell.net/
+Vendor:       Kevin Atkinson
+Packager:     The OpenPKG Project
+Distribution: OpenPKG [EVAL]
+Group:        Text
+License:      GPL
+Version:      %{V_aspell}
+Release:      20021125
+
+#   list of sources
+Source0:      ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-%{V_aspell}.tar.gz
+Source1:      ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-en-%{V_aspell_en}.tar.bz2
+Source2:      ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-de-%{V_aspell_de}.tar.bz2
+
+#   build information
+Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
+BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, gcc, ncurses
+PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, ncurses, perl
+AutoReq:      no
+AutoReqProv:  no
+
+%description
+    GNU Aspell is a Free and Open Source spell checker designed to
+    eventually replace Ispell. It can either be used as a library
+    or as an independent spell checker. Its main feature is that it
+    does a much better job of coming up with possible suggestions
+    than just about any other spell checker out there for the English
+    language, including Ispell and Microsoft Word. It also has many
+    other technical enhancements over Ispell such as using shared memory
+    for dictionaries and intelligently handling personal dictionaries
+    when more than one Aspell process is open at once.
+
+%prep
+    %setup0 -q -c
+    %setup1 -q -T -D -a 1
+    %setup2 -q -T -D -a 2
+
+%build
+    #   build GNU aspell
+    ( cd aspell-%{V_aspell} 
+      CC="%{l_cc}" \
+      CXX="%{l_cxx}" \
+      CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
+      CXXFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
+      CPPFLAGS="%{l_cppflags}" \
+      ./configure \
+          --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
+          --sysconfdir=%{l_prefix}/etc/aspell \
+          --enable-curses-include=%{l_prefix}/include \
+          --enable-curses="-L%{l_prefix}/lib -lncurses" \
+          --disable-shared
+      %{l_make} %{l_mflags -O}
+    )
+
+%install
+    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+    #   install GNU aspell
+    ( cd aspell-%{V_aspell} 
+      %{l_make} %{l_mflags} install AM_MAKEFLAGS="DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
+      %{l_shtool} subst \
+          -e 's;/usr/bin/perl;%{l_prefix}/bin/perl;' \
+          $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/bin/aspell-import
+      rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/share/doc
+      strip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/bin/* >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+      %{l_shtool} mkdir -f -p -m 755 \
+          $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/lib/aspell
+    )
+
+    #   prepare dictionary installation 
+    ( echo "ASPELL = $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/bin/aspell"
+      ASPELL_FLAGS="--dict-dir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/lib/aspell"
+      ASPELL_FLAGS="$ASPELL_FLAGS --data-dir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/share/aspell"
+      echo "ASPELL_FLAGS = $ASPELL_FLAGS"
+      echo "WORD_LIST_COMPRESS = $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/bin/word-list-compress"
+      echo "DESTDIR = $RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
+      echo "dictdir = %{l_prefix}/lib/aspell"
+      echo "datadir = %{l_prefix}/share/aspell"
+    ) > Makefile.head
+
+    #   install GNU aspell English (EN) dictionary
+    ( cd aspell-en-%{V_aspell_en} 
+      cat ../Makefile.head Makefile.pre > Makefile
+      %{l_make} %{l_mflags} install
+    )
+
+    #   install GNU aspell German (DE) dictionary
+    ( cd aspell-de-%{V_aspell_de} 
+      cat ../Makefile.head Makefile.pre > Makefile
+      %{l_make} %{l_mflags} install
+    )
+
+    %{l_rpmtool} files -v -ofiles -r$RPM_BUILD_ROOT %{l_files_std}
+
+%files -f files
+
+%clean
+    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+