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+%if %{!?insinfo:1}%{?insinfo:0}
+%global insinfo /sbin/install-info
+%endif
+
+Name:     gperf
+Version:  3.1
+Release:  %{?repo}0.1%{?dist}
+Summary:  perfect hash function generator
+
+Group:    Development/Utilities
+License:  GPLv3
+URL:      https://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
+Source0:  https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/gperf-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:    libstdc++-devel
+Requires(post):   %{insinfo}
+Requires(preun):  %{insinfo}
+
+%description
+GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of
+strings, it produces a hash function and hash table, in form of C or
+C++ code, for looking up a value depending on the input string. The
+hash function is *perfect*, which means that the hash table has no
+collisions, and the hash table lookup needs a single string comparison
+only.
+
+GNU gperf is highly customizable. There are options for generating C
+or C++ code, for emitting switch statements or nested ifs instead of a
+hash table, and for tuning the algorithm employed by gperf.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+
+%build
+%configure
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%check
+# known to fail if parallec check is done
+make -j1 check > %{name}-make.check.log 2>&1
+
+%install
+make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/gperf.html
+
+%post
+%{insinfo} %{_infodir}/gperf.info %{_infodir}/dir ||:
+
+%preun
+if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
+%{insinfo} --delete %{_infodir}/gperf.info %{_infodir}/dir ||:
+fi
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/gperf
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_infodir}/gperf.info*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/gperf.1*
+%license COPYING
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README doc/*.html
+
+
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Apr 18 2023 Michael A. Peters <anymouseprophet@gmail.com> - 3.1-0.rc1
+- Initial spec file for YJL (RPM bootstrapping LFS/BLFS 11.3)