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+# FIXME - some examples have unmet dependencies
+
+Name:     expect
+Version:  5.45.4
+Release:  %{?repo}0.rc2%{?dist}
+Summary:  Tool for automating interactive applications
+
+Group:    Programming/Languages
+License:  Public Domain
+URL:      https://core.tcl-lang.org/expect/index
+Source0:  https://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/expect/expect%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:  tcl-devel
+Requires:	libexpect = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description
+Expect is a tool for automating interactive applications such as telnet,
+ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. Expect really makes this stuff
+trivial. Expect is also useful for testing these same applications.
+
+%package -n libexpect
+Summary:  The libexpect shared library
+Group:    System Environment/Libraries
+
+%description -n libexpect
+This package contains the libexpect shared library.
+
+%package devel
+Summary:  Developer files for expect
+Group:    Development/Libraries
+Requires: libexpect = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+This package contains the header files needed to build software that
+links against the libexpect library.
+
+%package examples
+Summary:  Example programs written in expect
+Group:    Misc
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires: libexpect = %{version}-%{release}
+
+%description examples
+This package contains various example programs that are written in
+expect.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{name}%{version}
+
+%build
+%configure \
+  --with-tcl=%{_libdir} \
+  --enable-shared       \
+  --with-tclincludedir=%{_includedir}
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%check
+make test > %{name}-make.test.log 2>&1
+
+%install
+make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
+ln -sf expect%{version}/libexpect%{version}.so %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
+
+%post -n libexpect -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libexpect -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/expect
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/expect.1*
+%license license.terms
+%doc %{name}-make.test.log
+%doc ChangeLog HISTORY NEWS README license.terms
+
+%files -n libexpect
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0755,root,root) %dir %{_libdir}/%{name}%{version}
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_libdir}/%{name}%{version}/libexpect5.45.4.so
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_libdir}/%{name}%{version}/pkgIndex.tcl
+%{_libdir}/libexpect5.45.4.so
+%license license.terms
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_includedir}/*.h
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man3/libexpect.3*
+%license license.terms
+
+%files examples
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/autoexpect
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/autopasswd
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cryptdir
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/decryptdir
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/dislocate
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/ftp-rfc
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/kibitz
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/lpunlock
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/mkpasswd
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/multixterm
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/passmass
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/rftp
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/rlogin-cwd
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/timed-read
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/timed-run
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/tknewsbiff
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/tkpasswd
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/unbuffer
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/weather
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/xkibitz
+%attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/xpstat
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/autoexpect.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/cryptdir.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/decryptdir.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/dislocate.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/kibitz.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/mkpasswd.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/multixterm.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/passmass.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/tknewsbiff.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/unbuffer.1*
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man1/xkibitz.1*
+%license license.terms
+%doc license.terms example/README
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Apr 12 2023 Michael A. Peters <anymouseprophet@gmail.com> - 5.45.4-0.rc2
+- Rebuild with newly packaged gcc
+
+* Mon Apr 03 2023 Michael A. Peters <anymouseprophet@gmail.com> - 5.45.4-0.rc1
+- Initial spec file for YJL (RPM bootstrapping LFS/BLFS 11.3)