begin work on centos spec file

synchronet.spec

+# define general things we will need later
+%define sbbs_dir /sbbs
+%define sbbs_user sbbs 
+%define sbbs_group sbbs
+
+# distribution specific definitions
+%define use_systemd (0%{?fedora} && 0%{?fedora} >= 18) || (0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} >= 7) || (0%{?suse_version} == 1315)
+
+%if 0%{?rhel}  == 5
+Group: System Environment/Daemons
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
+Requires: initscripts >= 8.36
+Requires(post): chkconfig
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?rhel}  == 6
+Group: System Environment/Daemons
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
+Requires: initscripts >= 8.36
+Requires(post): chkconfig
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?rhel}  == 7
+Group: System Environment/Daemons
+Requires(pre): shadow-utils
+Requires: systemd
+BuildRequires: systemd
+Epoch: 1
+%endif
+
+%if 0%{?suse_version} == 1315
+Group: Productivity/Networking/Web/Servers
+BuildRequires: systemd
+Requires(pre): shadow
+Requires: systemd
+%endif
+
+# end of distribution specific definitions
+
+Summary: Modern bbs server software
+Name: synchronet
+Version: 1.19.3
+Release: 1%{?dist}.ngx
+Vendor: Synchronet
+URL: https://synchro.net
+
+Source0: https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/archive/master/sbbs-master.tar.gz
+
+License: #todo - fill me out
+
+BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
+BuildRequires: glibc-devel
+BuildRequires: ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires: nspr-devel
+BuildRequires: python3
+BuildRequires: git
+BuildRequires: libcap-devel
+BuildRequires: gdb
+BuildRequires: xorg-x11-proto-devel
+BuildRequires: SDL-devel
+BuildRequires: gtk3-devel
+BuildRequires: libglade2-devel
+BuildRequires: libzip-devel
+BuildRequires: unzip
+BuildRequires: lrzsz