diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 39c1521..1ed13df 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-fakeroot_1.5.10.tar.gz
-fakeroot-1.6.4-atfuncs.patch
-fakeroot_1.6.4.tar.gz
+fakeroot_1.9.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/fakeroot.spec b/fakeroot.spec
index 8d1fcc3..756844e 100644
--- a/fakeroot.spec
+++ b/fakeroot.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Summary: Gives a fake root environment
 Name: fakeroot
-Version: 1.6.4
-Release: 17%{?dist}
-# Source does not specify a version of the GPL.
+Version: 1.9.6
+Release: 16%{?dist}
 License: GPL+
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org/
 Source0: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/%{name}_%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0: fakeroot-1.6.4-atfuncs.patch
+#Patch0: fakeroot-1.6.4-atfuncs.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/getopt
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ had the user really been root.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1 -b .atfixes
+#patch0 -p1 -b .atfixes
 for file in ./doc/*/*.1; do
   iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 < $file > $file.new
   mv -f $file.new $file
@@ -69,11 +68,8 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %exclude %{_libdir}/libfakeroot/libfakeroot.la
 
 %changelog
-* Wed May 21 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 1.6.4-17
-- fix license tag
-
-* Mon Feb 18 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.4-16
-- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
+* Sun Aug  3 2008 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net> - 1.9.6-16
+- Update to 1.9.6.
 
 * Thu Mar  8 2007 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net> - 1.6.4-15
 - Update to 1.6.4.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1b92425..f6f4190 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-76730bf4c9068773e857e18c346d8c81  fakeroot_1.5.10.tar.gz
-54d232ba149510edb70ab2f64c07b493  fakeroot-1.6.4-atfuncs.patch
-edfc56b315c8ccfba4049d4158db38dc  fakeroot_1.6.4.tar.gz
+9441c981bfd4e521abcd5d93385f71d8  fakeroot_1.9.6.tar.gz