diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f087b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.tar.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1534ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.rpm
+*.log
+*spec-20*
diff --git a/CGI-Persistent-1.11.tar.gz b/CGI-Persistent-1.11.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a7a513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CGI-Persistent-1.11.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c3b2f29af7088ae29bb7aae69bb80376efdf42a2cfa1c5b962421a665a08c233
+size 4539
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f53678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+NAME := perl-CGI-Persistent
+SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
+
+define find-makefile-common
+for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
+endef
+
+MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
+
+ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
+# attept a checkout
+define checkout-makefile-common
+test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
+endef
+
+MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
+endif
+
+include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf40f58..bbdd8b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 # perl-CGI-Persistent
 
-3rd Party (Maintained by Koozali) git repo for perl-CGI-Persistent smeserver
\ No newline at end of file
+3rd Party (Maintained by Koozali) git repo for perl-CGI-Persistent smeserver
+
+## Description
+
+<br />*This description has been generated by an LLM AI system and cannot be relied on to be fully correct.*
+*Once it has been checked, then this comment will be deleted*
+<br />
+
+Perl-CGI-Persistent is a software package that provides an easy and efficient way to develop and maintain persistent web applications. It provides an object-oriented interface for creating, reading, updating, and deleting CGI objects, and can easily create and update databases, create web pages, interact with web servers, and perform other tasks easily.
diff --git a/contriborbase b/contriborbase
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef36a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contriborbase
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sme10
diff --git a/perl-CGI-Persistent.spec b/perl-CGI-Persistent.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be8f041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl-CGI-Persistent.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+Name:           perl-CGI-Persistent
+Version:        1.11
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        CGI::Persistent Perl module
+License:        CHECK(GPL+ or Artistic)
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI-Persistent/
+Source0:        http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/V/VI/VIPUL/CGI-Persistent-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)
+BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::ParseXS)
+BuildRequires: perl(ExtUtils::Manifest)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Persistence::Object::Simple)
+BuildRequires:  perl(CGI)
+Requires:       perl(Persistence::Object::Simple)
+Requires:       perl(CGI)
+Requires:       perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "`%{__perl} -V:version`"; echo $version))
+
+%description
+put roach.cgi in a directory visible to your webserver and create a server
+writable directory "dope" below it. point your browser to
+http://localhost/somedir/roach.cgi
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n CGI-Persistent-%{version}
+
+%build
+%{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+make pure_install PERL_INSTALL_ROOT=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} \;
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null \;
+
+%{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
+
+%check
+make test
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc 
+%{perl_vendorlib}/*
+%{_mandir}/man3/*
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Jul 14 2023 BogusDateBot
+- Eliminated rpmbuild "bogus date" warnings due to inconsistent weekday,
+  by assuming the date is correct and changing the weekday.
+
+* Thu Mar 17 2016 Daniel Berteaud <daniel@firewall-services.com> 1.11-1
+- First build using cpanspec [SME: 9329]