diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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-/compression-1.0.1.tgz
-/compression-1.6.2.tgz
-/compression-1.6.2.tar.gz
-/compression-1.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nodejs-compression fails to build from source: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1675464
diff --git a/nodejs-compression.spec b/nodejs-compression.spec
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-%{?nodejs_find_provides_and_requires}
-
-%global enable_tests 1
-
-Name:       nodejs-compression
-Version:    1.7.1
-Release:    5%{?dist}
-Summary:    Compression middleware for Node.js and Connect
-License:    MIT
-URL:        https://github.com/expressjs/compression
-Source0:    https://github.com/expressjs/compression/archive/%{version}/compression-%{version}.tar.gz
-
-BuildArch:      noarch
-ExclusiveArch:  %{nodejs_arches} noarch
-
-BuildRequires:  nodejs-packaging
-
-BuildRequires:  npm(accepts)
-BuildRequires:  npm(bytes)
-BuildRequires:  npm(compressible)
-BuildRequires:  npm(debug)
-BuildRequires:  npm(on-headers)
-BuildRequires:  npm(vary)
-
-%if 0%{?enable_tests}
-BuildRequires:  mocha
-BuildRequires:  npm(safe-buffer)
-BuildRequires:  npm(supertest)
-%endif
-
-
-%description
-%{summary}.
-
-
-%prep
-%autosetup -n compression-%{version}
-
-%nodejs_fixdep bytes '2.x'
-%nodejs_fixdep debug '^2.2.0'
-
-
-%build
-#nothing to do
-
-
-%install
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{nodejs_sitelib}/compression
-cp -pr package.json index.js \
-    %{buildroot}%{nodejs_sitelib}/compression
-
-%nodejs_symlink_deps
-
-
-%check
-%nodejs_symlink_deps --check
-%{__nodejs} -e 'require("./")'
-
-%if 0%{?enable_tests}
-mocha --check-leaks --reporter spec
-%endif
-
-
-%files
-%doc HISTORY.md README.md
-%license LICENSE
-%{nodejs_sitelib}/compression
-
-
-%changelog
-* Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.1-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Feb 01 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.1-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.1-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Feb 08 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.1-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Mon Feb 05 2018 Jared Smith <jsmith@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.1-1
-- Update to upstream 1.7.1 release
-
-* Mon Oct 30 2017 Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu> - 1.6.2-3
-- Relax npm(debug) dependency
-
-* Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.2-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Mar 30 2017 Piotr Popieluch <piotr1212@gmail.com> - 1.6.2-1
-- Update to 1.6.2
-
-* Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-6
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-5
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jun 07 2014 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sun Apr 20 2014 Jamie Nguyen <jamielinux@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-2
-- fix version of npm(bytes) dependency
-
-* Wed Mar 12 2014 Jamie Nguyen <jamielinux@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.1-1
-- update to upstream release 1.0.1
-
-* Sat Mar 08 2014 Jamie Nguyen <jamielinux@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.0-1
-- initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SHA512 (compression-1.7.1.tar.gz) = cca17d8499da373578febed623682ef04e545e6d1a23f1e006907f56a302dc746cf5e5052843b457fe31a2b94b18e2136b1da8d85ba18aff60d717242e28c420