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+/lua-compat53-0.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/lua-compat53.spec b/lua-compat53.spec
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+%{!?luaver: %global luaver %(lua -e "print(string.sub(_VERSION, 5))" || echo 0)}
+%global luapkgdir %{_datadir}/lua/%{luaver}
+%global lualibdir %{_libdir}/lua/%{luaver}
+
+%global luacompatver 5.1
+%global luacompatpkgdir %{_datadir}/lua/%{luacompatver}
+%global luacompatlibdir %{_libdir}/lua/%{luacompatver}
+
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%global lualib lua-%{luacompatver}
+%else
+%global lualib lua
+%endif
+
+%global luapkgname compat53
+
+Name:           lua-%{luapkgname}
+Version:        0.7
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua %{luacompatver}
+
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://github.com/keplerproject/lua-compat-5.3
+Source0:        https://github.com/keplerproject/lua-compat-5.3/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+BuildRequires:  compat-lua-devel >= %{luacompatver}
+%else
+BuildRequires:  lua-devel >= %{luaver}
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 7
+Requires:       lua >= %{luaver}
+%endif
+
+%description
+This is a small module that aims to make it easier to write code in a
+Lua-5.3-style that is compatible with Lua 5.1, Lua 5.2, and Lua 5.3. This does
+not make Lua 5.2 (or even Lua 5.1) entirely compatible with Lua 5.3, but it
+brings the API closer to that of Lua 5.3.
+
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%package -n lua%{luacompatver}-%{luapkgname}
+Summary:        Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua %{luacompatver}
+Requires:       lua(abi) = %{luacompatver}
+
+%description -n lua%{luacompatver}-%{luapkgname}
+This is a small module that aims to make it easier to write code in a
+Lua-5.3-style that is compatible with Lua 5.1, Lua 5.2, and Lua 5.3. This does
+not make Lua 5.2 (or even Lua 5.1) entirely compatible with Lua 5.3, but it
+brings the API closer to that of Lua 5.3.
+%endif
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n lua-compat-5.3-%{version}
+
+%build
+CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC $(pkg-config --cflags %{lualib})"
+LDFLAGS="%{build_ldflags} $(pkg-config --libs %{lualib})"
+
+gcc $CFLAGS -c lutf8lib.c -o lutf8lib.o
+gcc $CFLAGS -c lstrlib.c -o lstrlib.o
+gcc $CFLAGS -c ltablib.c -o ltablib.o
+gcc -shared $LDFLAGS -o utf8.so lutf8lib.o
+gcc -shared $LDFLAGS -o string.so lstrlib.o
+gcc -shared $LDFLAGS -o table.so ltablib.o
+
+%install
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+PKGDIR=%{buildroot}/%{luacompatpkgdir}
+LIBDIR=%{buildroot}/%{luacompatlibdir}
+%else
+PKGDIR=%{buildroot}/%{luapkgdir}
+LIBDIR=%{buildroot}/%{lualibdir}
+# NOTE: epel7 install command doesn't propely create dir when combining -D -t
+mkdir -p "$PKGDIR/%{luapkgname}"
+mkdir -p "$LIBDIR/%{luapkgname}"
+%endif
+
+install -d -m 0755 "$PKGDIR/%{luapkgname}"
+install -d -m 0755 "$LIBDIR/%{luapkgname}"
+install -p -m 0644 %{luapkgname}/{init,module}.lua -t "$PKGDIR/%{luapkgname}/"
+install -p -m 0755 {utf8,string,table}.so -t "$LIBDIR/%{luapkgname}/"
+
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 7
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md
+%{luapkgdir}/%{luapkgname}
+%{lualibdir}/%{luapkgname}
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
+%files -n lua%{luacompatver}-%{luapkgname}
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md
+%{luacompatpkgdir}/%{luapkgname}
+%{luacompatlibdir}/%{luapkgname}
+%endif
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Apr 03 2019 Tomas Krizek <tomas.krizek@nic.cz> - 0.7-1
+- Initial package for Fedora 28+ and EPEL 7
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+SHA512 (lua-compat53-0.7.tar.gz) = 665ece98422a105b818cffd96eea5788696fbb854d2ba41d2d387e8bd25c1fa9de601468e55e22e9e749979a66d4d2e0f7dfd656e5bf27b489d37bb07c96f48d