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+/libssh2-python-0.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/libssh2-python.spec b/libssh2-python.spec
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+%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
+
+Summary: Python binding for the libssh2 library
+Name: libssh2-python
+Version: 0.7.1
+Release: 3%{?dist}
+License: LGPLv2+
+Group: Development/Libraries
+URL: https://github.com/wallunit/ssh4py
+# The source for the package was pulled from upstream's vcs.  Use the
+# following commands to generate the tarball:
+#  git clone git://github.com/wallunit/ssh4py.git
+#  cd ssh4py ; python setup.py sdist
+Source0: https://github.com/wallunit/ssh4py/zipball/0.7.1/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires: python-devel
+BuildRequires: libssh2-devel
+BuildRequires: openssl-devel
+BuildRequires: zlib-devel
+
+%description
+libssh2-python is a python binding for the libssh2 library
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+python setup.py build
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+python setup.py install -O1 --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%files
+%doc README.txt COPYING
+%{python_sitearch}/libssh2.so
+%{python_sitearch}/libssh2*-*.egg-info
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Jul 08 2011 Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com> - 0.7.1-3
+- Fix license to LGPLv2+
+- Add the github zipball location
+
+* Mon Mar 14 2011 Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com> - 0.7.1-2
+- Update to the spec file for missing BuildRequires
+- Update to latest upstream to include missing license files
+
+* Fri Feb 25 2011 Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com> - 0.7.1-1
+- Update to latest upstream
+
+* Fri Jan 28 2011 Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com> - 0.6.9-1
+- Initial build.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+2d60794fd29adeaa6071c252335c3608  libssh2-python-0.7.1.tar.gz