diff --git a/libsvm-2.84-2.patch b/libsvm-2.84-2.patch
index dd46536..b5062e3 100644
--- a/libsvm-2.84-2.patch
+++ b/libsvm-2.84-2.patch
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ diff -up ./Makefile.orig ./Makefile
 +
 diff -up ./python/Makefile.orig ./python/Makefile
 --- ./python/Makefile.orig	2007-08-27 11:11:38.000000000 +1000
-+++ ./python/Makefile	2007-08-29 17:10:28.000000000 +1000
++++ ./python/Makefile	2007-08-29 17:38:14.000000000 +1000
 @@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ CC = g++
  SWIG ?= swig
  
  #Windows: see ../README ../Makefile.win
 -PYTHON_INCLUDEDIR ?= /usr/include/python2.4
-+PYTHON_VERSION=${shell python -V 2> python.ver ; cat python.ver | /bin/awk 'BEGIN {FS= "[ .]"} {printf("%s.%s",$$2,$$3)}'; rm -f python.ver}
++PYTHON_VERSION=${shell python -V 2> /tmp/python.ver ; cat /tmp/python.ver | awk 'BEGIN {FS= "[ .]"} {printf("%s.%s",$$2,$$3)}'; rm -f /tmp/python.ver}
 +
 +ifndef PYTHON_INCLUDEDIR
 +
diff --git a/libsvm.spec b/libsvm.spec
index 6239e20..0ec43ea 100644
--- a/libsvm.spec
+++ b/libsvm.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Install this package if you want to develop programs with libsvm.
 %package python
 Summary:    A Library for Support Vector Machines
 Group:      Development/Libraries
-BuildRequires:  python >= 2.4 python-devel >= 2.4
+BuildRequires:  python >= 2.4 python-devel >= 2.4 gawk
 Requires:       python >= 2.4
 Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}