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-Perlbal-1.59.tar.gz
diff --git a/Perlbal.spec b/Perlbal.spec
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-Name:           Perlbal
-Version:        1.75
-Release:        1%{?dist}
-Summary:        Reverse-proxy load balancer and webserver
-License:        GPL+ or Artistic
-Group:          System Environment/Daemons
-URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perlbal/
-Source0:        http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/B/BR/BRADFITZ/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        perlbal.init
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-BuildArch:      noarch
-
-BuildRequires:    perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
-BuildRequires:    perl(Test::More)
-BuildRequires:    perl(HTTP::Date)
-BuildRequires:    perl(HTTP::Response)
-BuildRequires:    perl(BSD::Resource)
-BuildRequires:    perl(Danga::Socket)
-BuildRequires:    perl(IO::AIO)
-
-Requires:         perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
-Requires:         perl(IO::AIO)
-Requires:         perl(BSD::Resource)
-Requires:         perl(Perlbal::XS::HTTPHeaders)
-
-Requires(post):   /sbin/chkconfig
-Requires(preun):  /sbin/chkconfig, /sbin/service
-Requires(postun): /sbin/service
-
-%description
-Perlbal is a single-threaded event-based server supporting HTTP load 
-balancing, web serving, and a mix of the two. Perlbal can act as either a web 
-server or a reverse proxy. 
-
-One of the defining things about Perlbal is that almost everything can be 
-configured or reconfigured on the fly without needing to restart the software. 
-A basic configuration file containing a management port enables you to easily 
-perform operations on a running instance of Perlbal. 
-
-Perlbal can also be extended by means of per-service (and global) plugins that 
-can override many parts of request handling and behavior.
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n Perlbal-%{version}
-
-%build
-perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-%install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
-
-make pure_install PERL_INSTALL_ROOT=%{buildroot}
-
-find %{buildroot} -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} \;
-find %{buildroot} -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null \;
-
-%{_fixperms} %{buildroot}/*
-
-install -D -p -m 0644 conf/webserver.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/perlbal/perlbal.conf
-install -D -p -m 0755 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_initrddir}/perlbal
-mkdir -p doc/examples
-mv conf/* doc/examples
-
-%check
-make test
-
-%clean
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
-%post
-/sbin/chkconfig --add perlbal
-
-%preun
-if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
-    /sbin/chkconfig --del perlbal
-    /sbin/service perlbal stop >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
-fi
-
-%postun
-if [ $1 -ge 1 ] ; then
-    /sbin/service perlbal condrestart > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
-fi
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%dir %{_sysconfdir}/perlbal
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/perlbal/perlbal.conf
-%{_initrddir}/perlbal
-%doc CHANGES doc/*
-%{perl_vendorlib}/*
-%{_bindir}/perlbal
-%{_mandir}/man1/*
-%{_mandir}/man3/*
-
-
-%changelog
-* Tue Apr 06 2010 Ruben Kerkhof <ruben@rubenkerkhof.com> 1.75-1
-- Upstream released new version
-
-* Wed Jun 20 2007 Ruben Kerkhof <ruben@rubenkerkhof.com> 1.59-1
-- Upstream released new version
-- Received patch from upstream for failing buffered upload test (240693)
-* Sat May 12 2007 Ruben Kerkhof <ruben@rubenkerkhof.com> 1.58-1
-- Initial import
-
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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+2014-12-18: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for more than six weeks.
+Reference: https://fedorahosted.org/epel/ticket/7
+
diff --git a/perlbal.init b/perlbal.init
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-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# perlbal       This shell script starts the Perlbal load-balancer
-#
-# Author:       Ruben Kerkhof <ruben@rubenkerkhof.com>
-#
-# chkconfig: - 85 15
-#
-# description:  Perlbal is a reverse proxy and load-balancer
-# processname:  perlbal
-# config: /etc/perlbal/perlbal.conf
-# pidfile: /var/run/perlbal.pid
-#
-
-# source function library
-. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
-
-RETVAL=0
-
-start() {
-	echo -n $"Starting Perlbal: "
-	daemon perlbal --daemon
-	RETVAL=$?
-	echo
-	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/perlbal
-}
-
-stop() {
-	echo -n $"Stopping Perlbal: "
-	killproc perlbal
-	echo
-	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/perlbal
-}
-
-restart() {
-	stop
-	start
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-  start)
-	start
-	;;
-  stop) 
-	stop
-	;;
-  restart|force-reload|reload)
-	restart
-	;;
-  condrestart)
-	[ -f /var/lock/subsys/perlbal ] && restart
-	;;
-  status)
-	status perlbal
-	RETVAL=$?
-	;;
-  *)
-	echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|reload|force-reload|condrestart}"
-	exit 1
-esac
-
-exit $RETVAL
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-38f4af5d6cf6dba4c00916058e80aa94  Perlbal-1.75.tar.gz