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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name = %q{ernie}
+  s.version = "0.1.0"
+
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.authors = ["Tom Preston-Werner"]
+  s.date = %q{2009-05-18}
+  s.default_executable = %q{ernie}
+  s.email = %q{tom@mojombo.com}
+  s.executables = ["ernie"]
+  s.extensions = ["ext/extconf.rb"]
+  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
+    "LICENSE",
+     "README.md"
+  ]
+  s.files = [
+    ".document",
+     ".gitignore",
+     "LICENSE",
+     "README.md",
+     "Rakefile",
+     "VERSION.yml",
+     "bin/ernie",
+     "ebin/ernie_server_app.app",
+     "elib/ernie_server.erl",
+     "elib/ernie_server_app.erl",
+     "elib/ernie_server_sup.erl",
+     "elib/port_wrapper.erl",
+     "ext/Makefile",
+     "ext/extconf.rb",
+     "lib/ernie.rb",
+     "test/ernie_test.rb",
+     "test/test_helper.rb"
+  ]
+  s.has_rdoc = true
+  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/mojombo/ernie}
+  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.0}
+  s.summary = %q{TODO}
+  s.test_files = [
+    "test/ernie_test.rb",
+     "test/test_helper.rb"
+  ]
+
+  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
+    current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
+    s.specification_version = 2
+
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+      s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<erlectricity>, [">= 1.0.1"])
+    else
+      s.add_dependency(%q<erlectricity>, [">= 1.0.1"])
+    end
+  else
+    s.add_dependency(%q<erlectricity>, [">= 1.0.1"])
+  end
+end