diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 521589f..63cb017 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-PPI-1.206.tar.gz
+PPI-1.208.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-PPI.spec b/perl-PPI.spec
index 8dc98cb..f689e9d 100644
--- a/perl-PPI.spec
+++ b/perl-PPI.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-PPI
-Version:        1.206
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Version:        1.208
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make pure_install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} ';'
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type d -depth -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null ';'
-chmod -R u+w $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %check
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 30 2010 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.208-1
+- update to 1.208
+  - don't assign '' to $^W, it generates a warning on Gentoo
+  - added missing PPI::Token::Regexp fix to Changes file
+  - updating Copyright to the new year
+  - fixed #50309: literal() wrong result on "qw (a b c)"
+  - PPI::Dumper no longer causes Elements to flush location data
+  - PPI::Dumper no longer disables location information for non-Documents
+  - +{ package => 1 } doesn't create a PPI::Statement::Package
+  - extra methods in PPI::Token::Regexp and PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp
+- use %%{_fixperms} macro instead of our own chmod incantation
+
 * Fri Jul 30 2010 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.206-6
 - BR: perl(Task::Weaken) and perl(Test::CPAN::Meta) for improved test coverage
 - enable AUTOMATED_TESTING
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f9f50e8..a765a63 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-82b1bd95be146fc742bcfdf067715650  PPI-1.206.tar.gz
+d8b870c4dac08a901424220b1e9a9b7f  PPI-1.208.tar.gz