diff --git a/cronie-1.4.7-syslog_output.patch b/cronie-1.4.7-syslog_output.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 050e9b5..0000000
--- a/cronie-1.4.7-syslog_output.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-Index: cronie-1.4.7/src/do_command.c
-===================================================================
---- cronie-1.4.7.orig/src/do_command.c
-+++ cronie-1.4.7/src/do_command.c
-@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ static int child_process(entry * e, user
- 				bytes++;
- 				if (mail)
- 					putc(ch, mail);
--			}
- #if defined(SYSLOG)
- 				if (SyslogOutput) {
- 					logbuf[bufidx++] = ch;
-@@ -494,6 +493,7 @@ static int child_process(entry * e, user
- 					}
- 				}
- #endif
-+			}
- 
- 			/* only close pipe if we opened it -- i.e., we're
- 			 * mailing...
diff --git a/cronie-1.4.7.tar.gz b/cronie-1.4.7.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 29dc35a..0000000
--- a/cronie-1.4.7.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:83bae15ae5504454ba74f4142f5db3aa22be594327fea19d2534f65803137fbd
-size 209297
diff --git a/cronie-1.4.8.tar.gz b/cronie-1.4.8.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a7ad84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cronie-1.4.8.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:a3b910876f255712f1a5c364b74f34b0ceac9f6f3bbc45e854c5722785f513b3
+size 209994
diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index b34639e..e4f5dbb 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 18 15:15:14 UTC 2012 - tabraham@novell.com
+
+- removed cronie-1.4.7-syslog_output.patch deprecated by this update
+
+- Update to 1.4.8
+  + Cron writes job output to syslog incorrectly. When cron is
+    invoked in a way to print job output to syslog, it does print
+    only the first character of the output
+  + Check orphanded crontabs for adoption
+  + Unify logging in case SyslogOutput with the rest of crond
+  + The charset of anacron's mail is always ANSI_X3.4-1968. There
+    are no setlocale in anacron's source
+  + Cronie disables inotify when the /etc/crontab file does not
+    exist at startup. Existance of crontab and directories wasn't
+    controlled before creating inotify watches.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 30 14:54:08 UTC 2011 - aj@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 95843a9..ce72ec6 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cronie
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
+
+
 # 3 : we don't need to do something with /etc/sysconfig/cron for now
 %define cron_configs \{/etc/init.d/cron,/etc/pam.d/crond,/etc/crontab,/etc/cron.deny,/etc/omc/srvinfo.d/cron.xml\}
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ Recommends:     smtp_daemon
 Recommends:     postfix
 PreReq:         permissions %fillup_prereq %insserv_prereq cron sysvinit(syslog)
 %{?systemd_requires}
-Version:        1.4.7
+Version:        1.4.8
 Release:        0
 %{expand: %%define cronie_version %version}
 Summary:        Cron Daemon
@@ -51,8 +53,6 @@ Patch3:         %name-pam_config.diff
 Patch4:         %name-nheader_lines.diff
 # we use cron.pid instead of crond.pid 
 Patch5:         %name-crond_pid.diff
-# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM cronie-1.4.7-syslog_output.patch bnc#692871
-Patch6:         cronie-1.4.7-syslog_output.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM mention logging disabling for a command in man
 Patch7:         cronie-1.4.7-disable_logging.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM use run-crons instead of run-parts for anacron (bnc#689494)
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ overloaded in settings.
 %patch3 -p1
 %patch4
 %patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
 cp %{S:7} ./cron_to_cronie.README