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+%define tarname pcre2
+
+Name:     libpcre2
+Version:  10.42
+Release:  %{?repo}0.rc2%{?dist}
+Summary:  Perl Compatible Regular Expression libraries
+
+Group:    System Environment/Libraries
+License:  BSD-3-Clause with exception
+URL:      https://www.pcre.org/
+Source0:  https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/%{tarname}-%{version}/%{tarname}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+
+%if 0%{?runtests:1} == 1
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(readline)
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
+BuildRequires:  bzip2-devel
+
+%description
+The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression
+pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE
+has its own native API, as well as a set of wrapper functions that
+correspond to the POSIX regular expression API. The PCRE library is
+free, even for building proprietary software.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:  Development files for %{name}
+Group:    System Environment/Libraries
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+This package contains the developer files needed to compile software
+that links against %{name}.
+
+%package utils
+Summary:  PCRE2 utilities
+Group:    System Environment/Utilities
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Provides: %{tarname}-utils = %{version}
+
+%description utils
+This package contains the pcre2grep and pcre2test utilities.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{tarname}-%{version}
+
+
+%build
+%configure \
+  --enable-unicode           \
+  --enable-jit               \
+  --enable-pcre2-16          \
+  --enable-pcre2-32          \
+  --enable-pcre2grep-libz    \
+  --enable-pcre2grep-libbz2  \
+  --enable-pcre2test-libreadline \
+  --disable-static
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+# --enable-pcre2test-libedit
+
+%check
+%if 0%{?runtests:1} == 1
+make check > %{name}-make.check.log 2>&1
+%else
+echo "make check not run at package build" > %{name}-make.check.log
+%endif
+
+%install
+make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/%{tarname}
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libpcre2-8.so.0.11.2
+%{_libdir}/libpcre2-8.so.0
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libpcre2-16.so.0.11.2
+%{_libdir}/libpcre2-16.so.0
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libpcre2-32.so.0.11.2
+%{_libdir}/libpcre2-32.so.0
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/libpcre2-posix.so.3.0.4
+%{_libdir}/libpcre2-posix.so.3
+%license LICENCE
+%doc doc/html AUTHORS ChangeLog HACKING LICENCE NEWS README
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/pcre2-config
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_includedir}/*.h
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/pcre2-config.1*
+%{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
+%license LICENCE
+%doc doc/html AUTHORS ChangeLog HACKING LICENCE NEWS README
+
+%files utils
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/pcre2grep
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/pcre2test
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/pcre2grep.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/pcre2test.1*
+%license LICENCE
+%doc doc/html AUTHORS ChangeLog HACKING LICENCE NEWS README
+
+%changelog
+* Fri May 12 2023 Michael A. Peters <anymouseprophet@gmail.com> - 10.42-0.rc2
+- Rebuild with some spec file cleanup
+
+* Wed Mar 15 2023 Michael A. Peters <anymouseprophet@gmail.com> - 10.42-0.rc1
+- Initial packaging for YJL (LFS 11.3)