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+Summary: Numerical Extension to Python
+Name: python-numeric
+Version: 23.7
+>Release: 1
+License: Python
+Group: Development/Languages
+URL: http://numpy.sourceforge.net
+Source0: Numeric-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
+BuildRequires: python2-devel
+Patch: Numeric-23.7-blasfix.patch
+
+%description
+Numeric is a python module that provides support for numerical
+operations.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n Numeric-%{version}
+%patch -p1 -b .blasfix
+
+%build
+env CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" /usr/bin/python setup.py build
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+/usr/bin/python setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc Demo/
+%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/Numeric.pth
+%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/Numeric/
+%{_includedir}/python*/Numeric/
+
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Feb 23 2005 Jonathan Blandford <jrb@redhat.com> 23.7-1
+- rename Numeric to python-numeric
+
+* Thu Feb 17 2005  <jrb@redhat.com> - 
+- Initial build.
+