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+/ocaml-obuild-0.1.8.tar.gz
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-# ocaml-obuild
-
-The ocaml-obuild package
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+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
+Name:           ocaml-obuild
+Version:        0.1.8
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Simple package build system for OCaml
+
+License:        BSD
+URL:            https://github.com/ocaml-obuild/obuild
+Source0:        https://github.com/ocaml-obuild/obuild/archive/obuild-v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:  ocaml
+BuildRequires:  help2man
+
+%description
+A parallel, incremental and declarative build system for OCaml.
+
+The goal is to make a very simple build system for users and developers of
+OCaml libraries and programs.
+
+Obuild acts as a building black box: users only declare what they want to
+build and with which sources; the build system will consistently build it.
+
+The design is based on Haskell's Cabal and borrows most of the layout and
+way of working, adapting parts where necessary to fully support OCaml.
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n obuild-obuild-v%{version}
+
+
+%build
+./bootstrap
+
+
+%install
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
+cp "dist/build/obuild/obuild" "dist/build/obuild-simple/obuild-simple" "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}"
+
+# generate manpages
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
+help2man \
+    --output "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/obuild.1" \
+    --name "parallel, incremental and declarative build system for OCaml" \
+    --help-option "" \
+    --no-discard-stderr \
+    --no-info \
+    dist/build/obuild/obuild
+help2man \
+    --output "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/obuild-simple.1" \
+    --name "simple package build system for OCaml" \
+    --version-string " " \
+    --no-discard-stderr \
+    --no-info \
+    dist/build/obuild-simple/obuild-simple
+
+
+%files
+%doc README.md OBUILD_SPEC.md DESIGN.md
+%license LICENSE
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_mandir}/man1/*.1*
+
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Nov 17 2017 Andy Li <andy@onthewings.net> - 0.1.8-1
+- Initial RPM release.
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+SHA512 (ocaml-obuild-0.1.8.tar.gz) = b6398c399bbe8e7a680f46a0b0463e272d9a167846561624849d2e4d37637dca018b674bcab8626de9eafe8af1d5815dcbec9cb1362407eb58df8edc2d405c4a