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+# Note that this is NOT a relocatable package
+%define ver      0.01
+%define rel      SNAP
+%define prefix   /usr
+
+Summary: libgtop library
+Name: libgtop
+Version: %ver
+Release: %rel
+Copyright: LGPL
+Group: X11/Libraries
+Source: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/libgtop-%{ver}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: /tmp/libgtop-root
+Packager: Michael Fulbright <msf@redhat.com>
+URL: http://www.gnome.org
+Prereq: /sbin/install-info
+Docdir: %{prefix}/doc
+
+%description
+
+A library that fetches 
+information about the running system such as cpu and memory usage,
+active processes etc. On Linux systems, these information are taken
+directly from the /proc filesystem. 
+
+
+%changelog
+
+* Tue Jun  2 1998 Michael Fulbright <msf@redhat.com>
+
+- first version of the RPM
+
+%prep
+%setup
+
+%build
+# Needed for snapshot releases.
+if [ ! -f configure ]; then
+  CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./autogen.sh --prefix=%prefix --disable-libgtop-examples
+else
+  CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./configure --prefix=%prefix --disable-libgtop-examples
+fi
+
+if [ "$SMP" != "" ]; then
+  (make "MAKE=make -k -j $SMP"; exit 0)
+  make
+else
+  make
+fi
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+make prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix} install
+
+%clean
+#rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+
+%doc ANNOUNCE AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README README.LATEST copyright.txt
+%docdir doc
+%{prefix}/bin/*
+%{prefix}/lib/lib*.so.*
+%{prefix}/share/*
+%{prefix}/lib/libgtop/*
+%{prefix}/lib/libgtopConf.sh
+%{prefix}/lib/*a
+%{prefix}/include/*