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+Summary: Mercurial -- a distributed SCM
+Name: mercurial
+Version: 0.6
+Release: 1
+Copyright: GPL
+Group: Development/Tools
+Distribution: RedHat
+Source: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/release/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Packager: Arun Sharma <arun@sharma-home.net>
+Prefix: /usr
+BuildRoot: /tmp/build.%{name}-%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description
+
+Mercurial is a fast, lightweight source control management system designed
+for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.
+
+%prep
+
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+
+%build
+
+python setup.py build
+
+%install
+
+python setup.py install --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+find . -type d | sed '1,2d;s,^\.,\%attr(-\,root\,root) \%dir ,' > \
+	$RPM_BUILD_DIR/file.list.%{name}
+
+find . -type f | sed -e 's,^\.,\%attr(-\,root\,root) ,' \
+	-e '/\/config\//s|^|%config|' \
+	-e '/\/applnk\//s|^|%config|' >> \
+	$RPM_BUILD_DIR/file.list.%{name}
+
+find . -type l | sed 's,^\.,\%attr(-\,root\,root) ,' >> \
+	$RPM_BUILD_DIR/file.list.%{name}
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT $RPM_BUILD_DIR/file.list.%{name}
+
+%files -f ../file.list.%{name}
+%doc doc