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+#
+# rpm spec file for conserver, but I don't think it'll work on any
+# platform that doesn't have red hat rpm >= 4.0.2 installed.
+#
+
+%define pkg  conserver
+%define ver  8.1.16
+
+# define the name of the machine on which the main conserver
+# daemon will be running if you don't want to use the default
+# hostname (console)
+%define master console
+
+# what red hat (or other distibution) version are you running?
+%define distver 2
+
+Summary: Serial console server daemon/client
+Name: %{pkg}
+Version: %{ver}
+Release: %{distver}
+License: BSD
+Group: System Environment/Daemons
+URL: http://www.conserver.com/
+Source: http://www.conserver.com/%{pkg}-%{ver}.tar.gz
+Patch: certificate-auth.patch
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{pkg}-buildroot
+Prefix: %{_prefix}
+
+
+%description
+Conserver is an application that allows multiple users to watch a
+serial console at the same time.  It can log the data, allows users to
+take write-access of a console (one at a time), and has a variety of
+bells and whistles to accentuate that basic functionality.
+
+
+%prep
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+%setup -q
+%patch -p1
+
+
+%build
+# we don't want to install the solaris conserver.rc file
+f="conserver/Makefile.in"
+%{__mv} $f $f.orig
+%{__sed} -e 's/^.*conserver\.rc.*$//' < $f.orig > $f
+
+%configure --with-master=%{master} --with-openssl
+make
+
+
+%install
+%{makeinstall}
+
+# put commented copies of the sample configure files in the
+# system configuration directory
+%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}
+%{__sed} -e 's/^/#/' \
+  < conserver.cf/conserver.cf \
+  > %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/conserver.cf
+%{__sed} -e 's/^/#/' \
+  < conserver.cf/conserver.passwd \
+  > %{buildroot}/%{_sysconfdir}/conserver.passwd
+
+# install copy of init script
+%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}/%{_initrddir}
+%{__cp} contrib/redhat-rpm/conserver.init %{buildroot}/%{_initrddir}/conserver
+
+
+%clean
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+
+
+%post
+if [ -x %{_initrddir}/conserver ]; then
+  /sbin/chkconfig --add conserver
+fi
+# make sure /etc/services has a conserver entry
+if ! egrep '\<conserver\>' /etc/services > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+  echo "console		782/tcp		conserver" >> /etc/services
+fi
+
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+  if [ -x %{_initrddir}/conserver ]; then
+    %{_initrddir}/conserver stop
+    /sbin/chkconfig --del conserver
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc CHANGES FAQ INSTALL README conserver.cf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/conserver.cf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/conserver.passwd
+%attr(555,root,root) %{_initrddir}/conserver
+%{prefix}/bin/console
+%{prefix}/lib64/conserver/convert
+%{prefix}/share/man/man1/console.1.gz
+%{prefix}/share/man/man8/conserver.8.gz
+%{prefix}/share/man/man5/conserver.cf.5.gz
+%{prefix}/share/man/man5/conserver.passwd.5.gz
+%{prefix}/share/examples/conserver/conserver.cf
+%{prefix}/share/examples/conserver/conserver.passwd
+%{prefix}/sbin/conserver