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diff --git a/perl-JSON-Parse.changes b/perl-JSON-Parse.changes
index c3f6da6..ee97ca7 100644
--- a/perl-JSON-Parse.changes
+++ b/perl-JSON-Parse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 23 12:02:34 UTC 2016 - coolo@suse.com
+
+- updated to 0.40
+   see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-JSON-Parse/Changes
+
+  0.40 2016-05-22
+  
+  * Compilation warning, possible memory leaks (SHLOMIF)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 20 09:41:24 UTC 2015 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/perl-JSON-Parse.spec b/perl-JSON-Parse.spec
index cc8c538..21dfa6d 100644
--- a/perl-JSON-Parse.spec
+++ b/perl-JSON-Parse.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-JSON-Parse
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           perl-JSON-Parse
-Version:        0.39
+Version:        0.40
 Release:        0
 %define cpan_name JSON-Parse
 Summary:        Read JSON into a Perl variable
@@ -36,19 +36,18 @@ JSON::Parse offers the function parse_json, which takes one argument, a
 string containing JSON, and returns a Perl reference or scalar. The input
 to 'parse_json' must be a complete JSON structure.
 
-A safer version of the same function parse_json_safe also exists.
-
-JSON::Parse also offers two validation functions, valid_json, which returns
-true or false, and assert_valid_json, which produces a descriptive fatal
-error if the JSON is invalid. These act at a higher speed than parse_json.
-See PERFORMANCE for a comparison.
+JSON::Parse also offers two high-speed validation functions, valid_json,
+which returns true or false, and assert_valid_json, which produces a
+descriptive fatal error if the JSON is invalid. These are much faster than
+parse_json. See PERFORMANCE for a comparison.
 
 JSON::Parse also offers one convenience function to read JSON directly from
-a file, json_file_to_perl.
+a file, json_file_to_perl, and a safer version of parse_json called
+parse_json_safe which doesn't throw exceptions.
 
-For those who need to deal with special cases, such as JSON objects with
-non-unique names, or round-trips with JSON booleans, there is also new and
-run.
+For special cases, such as JSON objects with non-unique names (key
+collisions), or round-trips with JSON booleans, there are also new and run,
+which create a JSON parsing object and run it on text.
 
 JSON::Parse accepts only UTF-8 as input. If its input is marked as Unicode
 characters, the strings in its output are also marked as Unicode
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ its output is upgraded to Unicode character strings.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{cpan_name}-%{version}
-find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
+find . -type f ! -name \*.pl -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 644
 
 %build
 %{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor OPTIMIZE="%{optflags}"