diff --git a/acpid-1.0.6.dif b/acpid-1.0.6.dif
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b87b4f..0000000
--- a/acpid-1.0.6.dif
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- acpid.c.orig	2004-10-18 00:33:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ acpid.c	2005-08-02 19:22:04.000000000 +0200
-@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@
- 	umask(0);
- 
- 	/* get outta the way */
--	chdir("/");
-+	if(chdir("/") < 0)
-+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: chdir: %s\n", progname, strerror(errno));
- 
- 	return 0;
- }
---- Makefile.orig	2004-10-18 00:54:28.000000000 +0200
-+++ Makefile	2005-08-02 19:22:04.000000000 +0200
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
- MAN8 = acpid.8 acpi_listen.8
- MAN8GZ = $(MAN8:.8=.8.gz)
- 
--CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -g $(DEFS)
-+CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror -g $(DEFS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
- DEFS = -DVERSION="\"$(VERSION)\""
- 
- all: $(PROGS)
diff --git a/acpid-1.0.6.tar.gz b/acpid-1.0.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 628b7b7..0000000
--- a/acpid-1.0.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:aa3c42224ec702b6cdb69ca6501284cb6dacb87473a076d7337ee9635c96f160
-size 24226
diff --git a/acpid-1.0.8.dif b/acpid-1.0.8.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff2b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acpid-1.0.8.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Index: b/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ acpi_listen_OBJS = $(acpi_listen_SRCS:.c
+ all_SRCS = $(acpid_SRCS) $(acpi_listen_SRCS)
+ 
+ MAN8 = acpid.8 acpi_listen.8
+ MAN8GZ = $(MAN8:.8=.8.gz)
+ 
+-CFLAGS = -W -Wall -Werror -Wundef -Wshadow -D_GNU_SOURCE -O2 -g $(DEFS)
++CFLAGS = -W -Wall -Werror -Wundef -Wshadow -D_GNU_SOURCE -O2 -g $(DEFS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+ DEFS = -DVERSION="\"$(VERSION)\""
+ 
+ all: $(PROGS)
+ 
+ acpid: $(acpid_OBJS)
diff --git a/acpid-1.0.8.tar.gz b/acpid-1.0.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eae5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acpid-1.0.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d57ae5302c38c37d060a097fa51600fe06fbfffd575641d638407944f126b7b1
+size 26102
diff --git a/acpid.changes b/acpid.changes
index 0fcbbe4..71746e7 100644
--- a/acpid.changes
+++ b/acpid.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  4 21:10:28 CET 2009 - seife@suse.de
+
+- update to version 1.0.8:
+  - various code cleanups, enable stricter compiler warnings
+  - fix typos in man pages. (acpid.8, acpi_listen.8)
+  - stop processing ACPI events when a lockfile exists (see acpid.8)
+  - add -l (--logevents) option to enable logging of all events.
+    Due to a number of reports of log flooding (bad ACPI BIOS?), the
+    new default is to NOT log events
+  - add pidfile support and a -p (--pidfile) option to change it
+  - close client file descriptors on exec()
+  - fix a fd leak on error
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 26 11:53:42 CET 2009 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/acpid.spec b/acpid.spec
index 1ab2849..b6305d3 100644
--- a/acpid.spec
+++ b/acpid.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package acpid (Version 1.0.6)
+# spec file for package acpid (Version 1.0.8)
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2009 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 Name:           acpid
 Url:            http://acpid.sourceforge.net/
-Version:        1.0.6
-Release:        90
+Version:        1.0.8
+Release:        1
 %define       acpi_version 0.09
 License:        GPL v2 or later
 Group:          System/Daemons
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -b 0 -a 1
-%patch
+%patch -p1
 %patch1
 pushd acpi-%{acpi_version}
 popd
@@ -129,6 +129,17 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %ghost %config(noreplace,missingok) %_var/log/acpid
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 04 2009 seife@suse.de
+- update to version 1.0.8:
+  - various code cleanups, enable stricter compiler warnings
+  - fix typos in man pages. (acpid.8, acpi_listen.8)
+  - stop processing ACPI events when a lockfile exists (see acpid.8)
+  - add -l (--logevents) option to enable logging of all events.
+  Due to a number of reports of log flooding (bad ACPI BIOS?), the
+  new default is to NOT log events
+  - add pidfile support and a -p (--pidfile) option to change it
+  - close client file descriptors on exec()
+  - fix a fd leak on error
 * Mon Jan 26 2009 ro@suse.de
 - change fillup call from "-Y" to "-y" the boot script has
   been present in this package for long enough (SLES10-GA)
diff --git a/rcacpid b/rcacpid
index 1a8c408..fe668bc 100644
--- a/rcacpid
+++ b/rcacpid
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #	Actions for those events are (by SUSE default) configured in the
 #	powersaved configuration.
 #	Additionally this start script loads all needed modules.
-
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 # Check for missing binaries (stale symlinks should not happen)