diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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+memcached-1.2.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/memcached.spec b/memcached.spec
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+Name:           memcached
+Version:        1.2.3
+Release:        2%{?dist}
+Summary:        High Performance, Distributed Memory Object Cache
+
+Group:          System Environment/Daemons
+License:        BSD
+URL:            http://www.danga.com/memcached/
+Source0:        http://www.danga.com/memcached/dist/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+# custom init script
+Source1:        memcached.sysv
+
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildRequires:  libevent-devel
+BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
+Requires: initscripts
+Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig
+Requires(preun): /sbin/chkconfig, /sbin/service
+Requires(postun): /sbin/service
+
+%description
+memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching
+system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic
+web applications by alleviating database load.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+%configure --enable-threads
+
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%check
+make test
+
+%install
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} INSTALL="%{__install} -p"                                         
+# remove memcached-debug
+rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/memcached-debug
+
+# Perl script for monitoring memcached
+install -Dp -m0755 scripts/memcached-tool %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/memcached-tool
+
+# Init script
+install -Dp -m0755 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_initrddir}/memcached
+
+# Default configs
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig
+cat <<EOF >%{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}
+PORT="11211"
+USER="nobody"
+MAXCONN="1024"
+CACHESIZE="64"
+OPTIONS=""
+EOF
+
+# pid directory
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/%{_localstatedir}/run/memcached
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+
+%post
+/sbin/chkconfig --add %{name}
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ] ; then
+    /sbin/service %{name} stop > /dev/null 2>&1
+    /sbin/chkconfig --del %{name}
+fi
+exit 0
+
+%postun
+if [ "$1" -ge 1 ]; then
+    /sbin/service %{name} condrestart > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+exit 0
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README TODO doc/CONTRIBUTORS doc/*.txt
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}
+
+%dir %attr(750,nobody,nobody) %{_localstatedir}/run/memcached
+%{_bindir}/memcached-tool
+%{_bindir}/memcached
+%{_mandir}/man1/memcached.1*
+%{_initrddir}/memcached
+
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Jul  7 2007 root <root@inuus.com> - 1.2.3-2
+- Upgrade to 1.2.3 upstream
+- Adjust make install to preserve man page timestamp
+- Conform with LSB init scripts standards, add force-reload
+
+* Wed Jul  4 2007 Paul Lindner <lindner@inuus.com> - 1.2.2-5
+- Use /var/run/memcached/ directory to hold PID file
+
+* Sat May 12 2007 Paul Lindner <lindner@inuus.com> - 1.2.2-4
+- Remove tabs from spec file, rpmlint reports no more errors
+
+* Thu May 10 2007 Paul Lindner <lindner@inuus.com> - 1.2.2-3
+- Enable build-time regression tests
+- add dependency on initscripts
+- remove memcached-debug (not needed in dist)
+- above suggestions from Bernard Johnson
+
+* Mon May  7 2007 Paul Lindner <lindner@inuus.com> - 1.2.2-2
+- Tidyness improvements suggested by Ruben Kerkhof in bugzilla #238994
+
+* Fri May  4 2007 Paul Lindner <lindner@inuus.com> - 1.2.2-1
+- Initial spec file created via rpmdev-newspec
diff --git a/memcached.sysv b/memcached.sysv
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..79b4219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memcached.sysv
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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# chkconfig: - 55 45
+# description:	The memcached daemon is a network memory cache service.
+# processname: memcached
+# config: /etc/sysconfig/memcached
+
+# Standard LSB functions
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+PORT=11211
+USER=nobody
+MAXCONN=1024
+CACHESIZE=64
+OPTIONS=""
+
+if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/memcached ];then 
+	. /etc/sysconfig/memcached
+fi
+
+# Check that networking is up.
+if [ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ]
+then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+RETVAL=0
+prog="memcached"
+
+start () {
+	echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+	# insure that /var/run/memcached has proper permissions
+        chown $USER /var/run/memcached
+
+	daemon --pidfile /var/run/memcached/memcached.pid memcached -d -p $PORT -u $USER  -m $CACHESIZE -c $MAXCONN -P /var/run/memcached/memcached.pid $OPTIONS
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/memcached
+}
+stop () {
+	echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+	killproc -p /var/run/memcached/memcached.pid /usr/bin/memcached
+	RETVAL=$?
+	echo
+	if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
+	    rm -f /var/lock/subsys/memcached
+	    rm -f /var/run/memcached.pid
+	fi
+}
+
+restart () {
+        stop
+        start
+}
+
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	start
+	;;
+  stop)
+	stop
+	;;
+  status)
+	status memcached
+	;;
+  restart|reload|force-reload)
+	restart
+	;;
+  condrestart)
+	[ -f /var/lock/subsys/memcached ] && restart || :
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload|force-reload|condrestart}"
+	exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $?
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+efbc9ef1cf7dbc93a3ddceea541968c9  memcached-1.2.3.tar.gz