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deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/exim.changes b/exim.changes
index 390d251..1c05343 100644
--- a/exim.changes
+++ b/exim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Nov  7 09:03:46 UTC 2023 - Peter Wullinger <wullinger@rz.uni-kiel.de>
+
+- update to exim 4.97
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 16 08:45:01 UTC 2023 - Peter Wullinger <wullinger@rz.uni-kiel.de>
 
diff --git a/exim.spec b/exim.spec
index da5c8cb..77b600a 100644
--- a/exim.spec
+++ b/exim.spec
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ Conflicts:      sendmail-tls
 Provides:       smtp_daemon
 %if %{?suse_version:%suse_version}%{?!suse_version:0} > 800
 Requires:       logrotate
+BuildRequires:  perl-File-FcntlLock
+Requires:       perl-File-FcntlLock
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1220
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 %{?systemd_requires}
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ Requires(pre):  group(mail)
 %endif
 Requires(pre):  fileutils textutils
 %endif
-Version:        4.96.2
+Version:        4.97
 Release:        0
 %if %{with_mysql}
 BuildRequires:  mysql-devel
@@ -105,7 +107,6 @@ Source40:       exim.service
 Source41:       exim_db.8.gz
 Patch0:         exim-tail.patch
 Patch1:         gnu_printf.patch
-Patch2:         patch-no-exit-on-rewrite-malformed-address.patch
 
 %package -n eximon
 Summary:        Eximon, an graphical frontend to administer Exim's mail queue
@@ -149,7 +150,6 @@ once, if at all. The rest is done by logrotate / cron.)
 %setup -q -n exim-%{version}
 %patch0
 %patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
 # build with fPIE/pie on SUSE 10.0 or newer, or on any other platform
 %if %{?suse_version:%suse_version}%{?!suse_version:99999} > 930
 fPIE="-fPIE"
diff --git a/patch-no-exit-on-rewrite-malformed-address.patch b/patch-no-exit-on-rewrite-malformed-address.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3aa7b91..0000000
--- a/patch-no-exit-on-rewrite-malformed-address.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From e7ec503729970a03d4509921342bc81313976126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>
-Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 22:14:04 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix exit on attempt to rewrite a malformed address.  Bug 2903
-
-diff --git a/src/rewrite.c b/src/src/rewrite.c
-index bfd78b5f1..90614e626 100644
---- a/src/rewrite.c
-+++ b/src/rewrite.c
-@@ -497,15 +497,14 @@ while (*s)
- 
-   if (!recipient)
-     {
--    /* Handle unparesable addresses in the header. Slightly ugly because a
-+    /* Log unparesable addresses in the header. Slightly ugly because a
-     null output from the extract can also result from a header without an
--    address, "To: undisclosed recpients:;" being the classic case. */
-+    address, "To: undisclosed recpients:;" being the classic case. Ignore
-+    this one and carry on. */
- 
-     if ((rewrite_rules || routed_old) && Ustrcmp(errmess, "empty address") != 0)
--      {
-       log_write(0, LOG_MAIN, "rewrite: %s", errmess);
--      exim_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
--      }
-+
-     loop_reset_point = store_reset(loop_reset_point);
-     continue;
-     }