diff --git a/asciidoc.changes b/asciidoc.changes
index 069aeae..7d65d81 100644
--- a/asciidoc.changes
+++ b/asciidoc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 4 09:21:58 UTC 2017 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Remove asciidoc version from generated files with asciidoc.version.patch
+ The version causes unneeded republish of pkgs that make use
+ of asciidoc
+
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun Oct 1 13:41:40 UTC 2017 - aavindraa@gmail.com
diff --git a/asciidoc.spec b/asciidoc.spec
index 0574eec..8c9b43e 100644
--- a/asciidoc.spec
+++ b/asciidoc.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ License: GPL-2.0+
Group: Development/Tools/Doc Generators
Url: http://asciidoc.org
Source0: https://github.com/%{name}/%{name}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: asciidoc.version.patch
BuildRequires: autoconf
BuildRequires: automake
BuildRequires: docbook-xsl-stylesheets
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ This package contains examples and documents of asciidoc.
%prep
%setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
%build
autoreconf -fi
diff --git a/asciidoc.version.patch b/asciidoc.version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c464c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asciidoc.version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Avoid version number in generated files.
+Output will be identical between versions.
+In case the output changes, build-compare will catch it.
+--- a/html4.conf
++++ b/html4.conf
+@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ endif::[]
+
+
+
+-
++
+
+
+ {title}
+--- a/html5.conf
++++ b/html5.conf
+@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ bodydata=|
+
+
+-
++
+
+
+ {title}
+--- a/slidy.conf
++++ b/slidy.conf
+@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ text= |
+
+ ifndef::copyright[]
+
+-
++
+
+ ifdef::linkcss[]
+
+--- a/xhtml11.conf
++++ b/xhtml11.conf
+@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
+
+
+
+-
++
+
+
+ {title}
|