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+%define debug_package %{nil}
+%global commit          4e75a8f20e5cf44374fd1bf3b3df997b8689d3ff
+%global shortcommit     %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
+
+Name:           machine-config-daemon
+Version:        4.0.0
+Release:        1.rhaos4.2.git%{shortcommit}%{?dist}
+Summary:        https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator
+License:        ASL 2.0
+URL:            https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator
+Source0:        https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/archive/%{commit}/machine-config-operator-%{shortcommit}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires:  git
+BuildRequires:  %{?go_compiler:compiler(go-compiler)}%{!?go_compiler:golang >= 1.6.2}
+
+%description
+%{summary}
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -Sgit -n machine-config-operator-%{commit}
+mkdir -p src/github.com/openshift/
+ln -sr . src/github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator
+
+%build
+export GOPATH=`pwd`
+cd src/github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator
+env VERSION_OVERRIDE=%{version} SOURCE_GIT_COMMIT=%{commit} make daemon
+
+%install
+install -D -m 0755 _output/linux/*/%{name} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/libexec/%{name}
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%doc README.md
+%{_libexecdir}/%{name}