diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/ostree-2012.12.tar.gz
diff --git a/ostree.spec b/ostree.spec
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+# Define this if we want to build with embedded dependencies
+# for e.g. RHEL6
+%define enable_embedded_dependencies 0
+
+%if 0%{?enable_embedded_dependencies}
+%define build_name ostree-embeddeps
+%else
+%define build_name ostree
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?rhel}
+# HACK to fix building on RHEL6; find_debuginfo is crashing, not sure
+# why
+%define debug_package %{nil}
+%endif
+
+Summary: Linux-based operating system develop/build/deploy tool
+Name: ostree
+Version: 2012.12
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+#VCS: git:git://git.gnome.org/ostree
+Source0: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ostree/%{version}/%{build_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+# The libostree.so (currently private) shared library, and almost all
+# of the utilities are licensed under the LGPLv2+.  Only at present
+# one utility program (ostree-switch-root) is forked from util-linux under
+# the GPL.
+# The BSD is there basically just for some random scripts, nothing
+# important.
+# As always, consult the upstream COPYING file, and individual source
+# files for the canonical license status.
+License: LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and BSD
+URL: http://live.gnome.org/OSTree
+# We always run autogen.sh
+BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
+# Too bad there isn't a pkg-config file =(
+BuildRequires: libattr-devel
+# For docs
+BuildRequires: gtk-doc
+
+Requires: linux-user-chroot
+
+# Embedded GLib dependencies
+%if 0%{?enable_embedded_dependencies}
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libffi)
+BuildRequires: python-devel
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(zlib)
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libselinux)
+
+# Embedded libsoup dependencies
+BuildRequires: gnome-common
+BuildRequires: intltool
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
+%else
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(gio-unix-2.0)
+BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)
+%endif
+
+%description
+See http://live.gnome.org/OSTree
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n %{build_name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+env NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+%if 0%{?enable_embedded_dependencies}
+%define embedded_dependencies_option --enable-embedded-dependencies
+%else
+%define embedded_dependencies_option %{nil}
+%endif
+
+%configure --disable-silent-rules \
+	   --enable-documentation \
+	   --disable-libarchive \
+	   %{embedded_dependencies_option}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="install -p -c"
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%doc COPYING README.md
+%{_bindir}/ostree
+%{_bindir}/ostree-pull
+%{_bindir}/ostree-run-triggers
+%{_sbindir}/ostree-switch-root
+%{_libexecdir}/ostreed
+%dir %{_libdir}/ostree
+%{_libdir}/ostree/*.so
+%if 0%{?enable_embedded_dependencies}
+%{_libdir}/ostree/libglib*.so*
+%{_libdir}/ostree/libgmodule*.so*
+%{_libdir}/ostree/libgobject*.so*
+%{_libdir}/ostree/libgthread*.so*
+%{_libdir}/ostree/libgio*.so*
+%{_libdir}/ostree/libsoup*.so*
+%endif
+%dir %{_libexecdir}/ostree
+%dir %{_libexecdir}/ostree/triggers.d
+%{_libexecdir}/ostree/triggers.d/*
+%{_mandir}/man1/*.gz
+
+%changelog
+
+* Mon Nov 19 2012 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org> - 2012.12-1
+- Initial import; thanks to Michel Alexandre Salim for review
+  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819951
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+30e685cb4f753a7dfceed7605b628d78  ostree-2012.12.tar.gz