diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 468a164..cff2b4e 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-automake-1.7.8.tar.bz2
+automake-1.8.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index f05b576..f4dbfe2 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-%define api_version 1.7
+%define api_version 1.8
 
 Summary: A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.
 Name: automake
-Version: %{api_version}.8
+Version: %{api_version}.2
 Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: Development/Tools
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-%{version}.tar.bz2
 URL: http://sources.redhat.com/automake
-Requires: perl
-Buildrequires: autoconf >= 2.54
+Requires: perl, autoconf >= 2.58
+Buildrequires: autoconf >= 2.58
 Prereq: /sbin/install-info
 BuildArchitectures: noarch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ GNU's Autoconf package.
 %setup -q -n automake-%{version}
 
 %build
-%configure
+./configure --prefix=%{_prefix}
 make
 %if ! %{_without_check}
-  make check 
+  make check  # VERBOSE=x
 %endif
 
 %install
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ fi
 %dir %{_datadir}/aclocal
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 13 2004 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.8.2-1
+- 1.8.2 bug fix release
+- do not pass VERBOSE=xNO to "make check" as non-empty means be verbose
+
+* Thu Dec 11 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.8-1
+- update to 1.8 release
+- require autoconf 2.58 or later
+- don't use %%configure for now to prevent very recent configure from running
+  "config.sub noarch-redhat-linux"
+
+* Mon Nov 10 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.9-1
+- update to 1.7.9 bugfix release
+- require autoconf 2.54 or later
+
 * Tue Oct  7 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.8-1
 - update to 1.7.8 bugfix release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f8a3371..efdd383 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8a934bdfb1d30cbeeb5f91af0970017c  automake-1.7.8.tar.bz2
+7a8138b29361baec06548e6a0ac63189  automake-1.8.2.tar.bz2