Please reconsider the way the autotools are used in the audit package. It has always struck me as odd that the RPM spec and the README-install file specify that some autotool program be run. My understanding is the autotool programs are to be run in preparation for generating a source distribution, and that the RPM builder simply builds a binary version of the distribution, just as someone builds using the sources. Another trick I suggest is to organize the sources so that the one source for all version numbers in the package is the AC_INIT call in configure.ac. The RPM spec is built by running the ./configure command, and audit.spec.in starts like this: Name: @PACKAGE@ Version: @VERSION@ I have enclosed a patch for audit version 1.5.5 that implements the changes I just described. John