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+#==============================================================================
+# ---- Midipix distribution base vendor macros
+#
+#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Base distribution settings, this is what you change for your own branding
+%distribution		Midipix
+%vendor			Midipix
+#bugurl			https://git.midipix.org/
+%disturl		https://midipix.org/
+%_vendor		midipix
+
+#==============================================================================
+# ---- per-platform macros.
+#
+%_os			midipix
+%_host_ntbits		nt%{__isa_bits}
+%_build_ntbits		%{_host_ntbits}
+%_target_ntbits		%{_host_ntbits}
+%_target_platform	%{_target_cpu}-%{_target_ntbits}-%{_vendor}-%{_target_os}%{?_gnu}
+
+#==============================================================================
+# ---- configure macros.  note that most of these are inherited
+#      from the defaults.
+#
+# Set /var correctly
+%_localstatedir		/var
+%_sharedstatedir	%{_localstatedir}/lib
+
+# Set /etc correctly
+%_sysconfdir		/etc
+
+# Set prefix correctly
+%_prefix		/usr
+
+# Set docdirs correctly
+%_pkgdocdir             %{_docdir}/%{name}
+%_docdir_fmt            %%{NAME}
+
+# Set Fortran modules directory
+%_fmoddir		%{_libdir}/gfortran/modules
+
+#==============================================================================
+# ---- Build policy macros.
+#
+#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+#	Expanded at beginning of %install scriptlet.
+#
+%__spec_install_pre %{___build_pre}\
+    [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && rm -rf "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"\
+    mkdir -p `dirname "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"`\
+    mkdir "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"\
+%{nil}
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+#	RPM package build settings
+#
+
+# We want to use zstd payloads by default
+%_source_payload	w9.zstdio
+%_binary_payload	w9.zstdio
+