diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 1ba8889..468a164 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2
+automake-1.7.8.tar.bz2
diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 3d7ca26..f05b576 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-%define api_version 1.6
+%define api_version 1.7
 
 Summary: A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles.
 Name: automake
-Version: %{api_version}.3
-Release: 5
+Version: %{api_version}.8
+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 >= 2.52
+Buildrequires: autoconf >= 2.54
 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}
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ GNU's Autoconf package.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n automake-%{version}
 
-%patch1 -p1 -b .lib64
 %build
 %configure
 make
@@ -73,6 +71,26 @@ fi
 %dir %{_datadir}/aclocal
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct  7 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.8-1
+- update to 1.7.8 bugfix release
+
+* Wed Sep 10 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.7-1
+- update to 1.7.7 bugfix release
+
+* Fri Jul 11 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.6-1
+- update to 1.7.6 bugfix release
+
+* Tue May 20 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.5-1
+- update to 1.7.5 bugfix release
+
+* Thu Apr 24 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.4-1
+- update to 1.7.4
+
+* Thu Mar  6 2003 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.7.3-1
+- update to 1.7.3
+- python dir lib64 patch no longer needed
+- build requires Autoconf 2.54 or later
+
 * 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)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c677c43..f8a3371 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2e8053609e9d318f80db0fce29dca7e9  automake-1.6.3.tar.bz2
+8a934bdfb1d30cbeeb5f91af0970017c  automake-1.7.8.tar.bz2