diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 379211b..f6b8576 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <services>
-  <service name="tar_scm"><param name="version">2010.11.02</param><param name="url">git://gitorious.org/opensuse/build.git</param><param name="scm">git</param></service>
+  <service name="tar_scm"><param name="version">2010.12.09</param><param name="url">git://gitorious.org/opensuse/build.git</param><param name="scm">git</param></service>
 <service name="recompress"><param name="compression">gz</param><param name="file">*.tar</param></service>
 <service name="set_version"/>
 </services>
diff --git a/_service:recompress:tar_scm:build-2010.11.02.tar.gz b/_service:recompress:tar_scm:build-2010.11.02.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 7aa19a3..0000000
--- a/_service:recompress:tar_scm:build-2010.11.02.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:c1b5b149a703ac7f40c22d3174a66565a5b00e74c46ec0a4d98f6f1e877ebee5
-size 582881
diff --git a/_service:recompress:tar_scm:build-2010.12.09.tar.gz b/_service:recompress:tar_scm:build-2010.12.09.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f74f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_service:recompress:tar_scm:build-2010.12.09.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:e53c56ba2928ae365c08df7465c1941d28b37e7c51dcf8c3e71be6fdc80d67e9
+size 589661
diff --git a/_service:set_version:build.dsc b/_service:set_version:build.dsc
index 56d23fa..5ef2268 100644
--- a/_service:set_version:build.dsc
+++ b/_service:set_version:build.dsc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Format: 1.0
 Source: build
-Version: 2010.11.02
+Version: 2010.12.09
 Binary: build
 Maintainer: Adrian Schroeter <adrian@suse.de>
 Architecture: all
diff --git a/_service:set_version:build.spec b/_service:set_version:build.spec
index eb930f3..e9ecc21 100644
--- a/_service:set_version:build.spec
+++ b/_service:set_version:build.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        A Script to Build SUSE Linux RPMs
-Version:        2010.11.02
+Version: 2010.12.09
 Release:        1
 #!BuildIgnore:  build-mkbaselibs
 Source:         build-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Requires:       binutils
 Requires:       tar
 # None of them are actually required for core features.
 # Perl helper scripts use them.
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1000
 Recommends:     perl(Date::Language)
 Recommends:     perl(Date::Parse)
 Recommends:     perl(LWP::UserAgent)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Recommends:     perl(Pod::Usage)
 Recommends:     perl(Time::Zone)
 Recommends:     perl(URI)
 Recommends:     perl(XML::Parser)
+Recommends:     bsdtar
 %endif
 
 %description
diff --git a/build.changes b/build.changes
index 5b066ad..69271c9 100644
--- a/build.changes
+++ b/build.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  9 11:51:40 UTC 2010 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- support bsdtar for setting up build enviroment
+- make expanddeps use the highest version of a package if multiple 
+  versions aver available in a repository [bnc#656599]
+- support other file formats (esp. for .ZIP and .EXE export for crossbuild)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 11 12:24:13 UTC 2010 - adrian@suse.de
+
+- workaround for distros with appstart like Ubuntu 10.10
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  2 16:32:42 UTC 2010 - lnussel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/build.spec b/build.spec
index eb930f3..a2cd7ff 100644
--- a/build.spec
+++ b/build.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ License:        GPLv2+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        A Script to Build SUSE Linux RPMs
-Version:        2010.11.02
+Version:        2010.12.09
 Release:        1
 #!BuildIgnore:  build-mkbaselibs
 Source:         build-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Requires:       binutils
 Requires:       tar
 # None of them are actually required for core features.
 # Perl helper scripts use them.
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1000
 Recommends:     perl(Date::Language)
 Recommends:     perl(Date::Parse)
 Recommends:     perl(LWP::UserAgent)
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Recommends:     perl(Pod::Usage)
 Recommends:     perl(Time::Zone)
 Recommends:     perl(URI)
 Recommends:     perl(XML::Parser)
+Recommends:     bsdtar
 %endif
 
 %description