diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 21eea55..3d7ca26 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Summary: A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.
 Name: automake
-Version: 1.6.3
-Release: 1
+Version: %{api_version}.3
+Release: 5
 License: GPL
 Group: Development/Tools
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Buildrequires: autoconf >= 2.52
 Prereq: /sbin/install-info
 BuildArchitectures: noarch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+Patch1: automake-pythondir-80994.patch
+
+# run "make check" by default
+%{?_without_check: %define _without_check 1}
+%{!?_without_check: %define _without_check 0}
 
 %description
 Automake is an experimental Makefile generator. Automake was inspired
@@ -27,10 +32,13 @@ GNU's Autoconf package.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n automake-%{version}
 
+%patch1 -p1 -b .lib64
 %build
 %configure
 make
-make check 
+%if ! %{_without_check}
+  make check 
+%endif
 
 %install
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
@@ -38,10 +46,11 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 #make install prefix=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_prefix}
 %makeinstall
 
-gzip -9nf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_infodir}/automake*
+#gzip -9nf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_infodir}/automake*
 
 # create this dir empty so we can own it
 mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/aclocal
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 
 %clean
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
@@ -64,11 +73,28 @@ fi
 %dir %{_datadir}/aclocal
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 27 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.6.3-5
+- patch from 1.7-branch to try python distutils for setting pythondir (#80994)
+
+* Wed Jan 22 2003 Tim Powers <timp@redhat.com>
+- rebuilt
+
+* Thu Dec 12 2002 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> 1.6.3-3
+- Fix unpackaged file
+
+* Tue Dec  3 2002 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> 1.6.3-2
+- add "--without check" rpmbuild option to switch "make check" off
+- exclude info dir file
+- don't gzip info files explicitly
+
+* Mon Nov 18 2002 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com>
+- use api_version in version
+
 * Mon Jul 29 2002 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> 1.6.3-1
 - bug fix release 1.6.3
 
 * Thu Jul 11 2002 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> 1.6.2-2
-- add buildrequires autoconf 2.52 or greater (reported by Edward Avis) 
+- add buildrequires autoconf 2.52 or greater [reported by Edward Avis]
 
 * Wed Jun 19 2002 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> 1.6.2-1
 - 1.6.2 (bug fix release)