diff --git a/misc/bird.init b/misc/bird.init
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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# bird.init    Starts the Internet Routing Daemon.
+#
+# Author:      Ondrej Feela Filip, <feela@network.cz>
+#
+# chkconfig: - 32 75
+# description: Internet routing daemon supporting IPv4 routing protocols:
+#              BGP4, RIPv2 and OSPFv2.
+#
+# processname: bird
+# config: /etc/bird.conf
+
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+# Check that networking is up.
+if [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ]
+then
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+[ -f /etc/bird.conf ] || exit 0
+
+[ -f /usr/sbin/bird ] || exit 0
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+# See how we were called.
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	echo -n "Starting BIRD: "
+	daemon bird
+	RETVAL=$?
+
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/bird
+	;;
+  stop)
+	echo -n "Stopping BIRD: "
+	killproc bird
+	RETVAL=$?
+
+	echo
+	[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/bird
+	;;
+  status)
+	status bird
+	RETVAL=$?
+	;;
+  restart)
+  	$0 stop
+	$0 start
+	RETVAL=$?
+	;;
+  reload)
+	killall -HUP bird
+	RETVAL=$?
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: bird.init {start|stop|status|restart|reload}"
+	exit 1
+esac
+
+exit $REVAL
diff --git a/misc/bird.spec b/misc/bird.spec
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+Summary: BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
+Name: bird
+Version: 1.0.2
+Release: 1
+Copyright: GPL
+Group: Networking/Daemons
+Source: ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/bird/bird-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1: bird.init
+Buildroot: /var/tmp/bird-root
+Url: http://bird.network.cz
+Prereq: /sbin/chkconfig
+
+%description
+BIRD is dynamic routing daemon supporting IPv4 and IPv6 versions of routing
+protocols BGP, RIP and OSPF.
+
+%prep
+%setup -n bird-%{version}
+
+%build
+./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/run
+make
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
+make install prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr sysconfdir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc localstatedir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/run
+
+cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+install -c -d etc/rc.d/init.d
+install -c $RPM_SOURCE_DIR/bird.init etc/rc.d/init.d/
+
+%post
+/sbin/ldconfig
+/sbin/chkconfig --add bird.init
+ 
+%preun
+if [ $1 = 0 ] ; then
+        /sbin/chkconfig --del bird.init
+fi                                                                              
+
+%files
+%attr(755,root,root) /usr/sbin/bird
+%attr(755,root,root) /usr/sbin/birdc
+%attr(755,root,root) /etc/rc.d/init.d/bird.init
+%config /etc/bird.conf