diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 6f11cb7..71eadb7 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ORBit2-2.8.2.tar.bz2
+ORBit2-2.9.6.tar.bz2
diff --git a/ORBit2.spec b/ORBit2.spec
index 0b45a0b..e8a2203 100644
--- a/ORBit2.spec
+++ b/ORBit2.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Summary: A high-performance CORBA Object Request Broker.
 Name: ORBit2
-Version: 2.8.2
+Version: 2.9.6
 Release: 1
 Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -52,21 +52,13 @@ write such programs, you'll also need to install the ORBIT package.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-# crack rock test for glib2 shouldn't be required now
-#if ! pkg-config --atleast-version=%{glib2_base_version} glib-2.0; then
-#  echo "glib-2.0 version is `pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0` which is wrong, build system is confused again"
-#  exit 1
-#fi
 
-%patch0 -p1 -b .gross-hack
+# Test without for now
+#%patch0 -p1 -b .gross-hack
 
 echo "glib-2.0 version is `pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0`"
 
 %build
-aclocal-1.6
-libtoolize --force
-automake-1.6
-autoconf
 %configure --disable-gtk-doc
 make ## %{?_smp_mflags} 
 
@@ -107,6 +99,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 16 2004 Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com> 2.9.6-1
+- update to 2.9.6
+
 * Wed Oct 22 2003 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> 2.8.2-1
 - 2.8.2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index be5d7af..0eac3b8 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f3c10a7857f26ccf0a690f37bb8f62c1  ORBit2-2.8.2.tar.bz2
+9ace994868ccc2a546ef1e75a9481bbc  ORBit2-2.9.6.tar.bz2