diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/libmaxminddb-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/libmaxminddb.spec b/libmaxminddb.spec
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+Name:           libmaxminddb
+Summary:        C library for the MaxMind DB file format
+Version:        1.1.1
+Release:        4%{?dist}
+URL:            https://maxmind.github.io/libmaxminddb
+Source0:        https://github.com/maxmind/%{name}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+# original libmaxminddb code is Apache Licence 2.0
+# src/maxminddb-compat-util.h is BSD
+License:        ASL 2.0 and BSD
+
+%description
+The package contains libmaxminddb library.
+
+%package devel
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Summary:        Development header files for libmaxminddb
+
+%description devel
+The package contains development header files for the libmaxminddb library
+and the mmdblookup utility which allows IP address lookup in a MaxMind DB file.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure --disable-static
+# remove embeded RPATH
+sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
+sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
+# link only requried libraries
+sed -i -e 's! -shared ! -Wl,--as-needed\0!g' libtool
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%check
+# tests are linked dynamically, preload the library as we have removed RPATH
+LD_PRELOAD=%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libmaxminddb.so make check
+
+%install
+%make_install
+rm -fv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%{_libdir}/libmaxminddb.so.*
+
+%files devel
+%license NOTICE
+%doc Changes.md
+%{_bindir}/mmdblookup
+%{_includedir}/maxminddb.h
+%{_includedir}/maxminddb_config.h
+%{_libdir}/libmaxminddb.so
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+%{_mandir}/man3/*
+
+
+%changelog
+* Mon Sep 14 2015 Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@fedoraproject.org> 1.1.1-4
+- remove utils subpackage and place mmdblookup into devel subpackage
+- remove Group from the spec file
+- move NOTICE and Changes.md to devel subpackage
+
+* Thu Sep 03 2015 Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@fedoraproject.org> 1.1.1-3
+- updated package licence
+- added --as-needed linker flag
+
+* Tue Sep 01 2015 Jan Vcelak <jvcelak@fedoraproject.org> 1.1.1-1
+- initial version of the package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+++ b/sources
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+36c31f0814dbf71b210ee57c2b9ef98c  libmaxminddb-1.1.1.tar.gz