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+# $Id$
+# Authority: shuff
+# Upstream: Joe Laffey <software$laffeycomputer.com>
+
+Summary: Anti-idle timeout preventer
+Name: spinner
+Version: 1.2.4
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+License: GPL
+Group: Applications/Utilities
+URL: http://www.laffeycomputer.com/spinner.html
+
+Source: http://downloads.laffeycomputer.com/current_builds/spinner/spinner-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
+
+BuildRequires: binutils
+BuildRequires: gcc
+BuildRequires: make
+BuildRequires: rpm-macros-rpmforge
+
+%description
+Spinner is an anti-idle program that displays a little "spinning" ASCII
+character in the top left corner of your terminal. To make this effect it
+cycles through punctuation marks like this " - \ | / - \ | / ... " (try it to
+see). By default the character is drawn in inverse video (or your terminal's
+equivalent). But you can turn this off with the -i switch. In spinner mode
+Spinner supports any terminal capable of handling VT100 style escape codes. In
+null mode (-n switch) Spinner supports any terminal. In null mode there is no
+visible output, and Spinner will not interfere with your terminal or
+scrollback. If you find the little spinner in the top left corner to be
+distracting use null mode. (-n switch).
+
+Spinner is useful for keeping telnet and ssh links from dropping due to
+inactivity. Many firewalls, and some ISPs drop connections when they are
+perceived as idle. By having spinner running the server is constantly sending a
+tiny amount of data over the link, preserving the connection. As of version 1.2
+Spinner can also be activated with the -n switch so that, instead of displaying
+a spinner, it simply sends out a periodic null character to the terminal. This
+achieves the same anti-idle benefit without disturbing your screen. But it
+lacks the coolness factor of a little spinner in the corner of the terminal...
+
+%prep
+%setup
+
+%build
+%configure
+%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+%{__make} install DESTDIR="%{buildroot}"
+
+# fix for stupid strip issue
+#%{__chmod} -R u+w %{buildroot}/*
+
+%clean
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-, root, root, 0755)
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README
+%{_bindir}/*
+
+%changelog
+* Tue May  8 2012 Steve Huff <shuff@vecna.org> - 1.2.4-1
+- Initial package.