diff --git a/gd-2.0.35-config.patch b/gd-2.0.35-config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea30d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gd-2.0.35-config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: config/gdlib-config.in
+===================================================================
+--- config/gdlib-config.in.orig	2006-10-11 11:46:22.000000000 +0200
++++ config/gdlib-config.in	2007-12-20 03:59:07.000000000 +0100
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
+ 	echo @LDFLAGS@
+ 	;;
+     --libs)
+-	echo @LIBS@ @LIBICONV@
++	echo -l@GDLIBNAME@
+ 	;;
+     --cflags|--includes)
+ 	echo -I@includedir@
diff --git a/gd.changes b/gd.changes
index 92c89bb..ed16945 100644
--- a/gd.changes
+++ b/gd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 20 04:22:14 CET 2007 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- remove static libraries and "la" files
+- devel package dependency cleanup 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  9 09:09:51 CEST 2007 - anosek@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/gd.spec b/gd.spec
index 5f96d96..1f1da26 100644
--- a/gd.spec
+++ b/gd.spec
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ Name:           gd
 BuildRequires:  fontconfig-devel freetype2-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel xorg-x11-libX11-devel xorg-x11-libXau-devel xorg-x11-libXdmcp-devel xorg-x11-libXpm-devel
 License:        X11/MIT
 Group:          System/Libraries
+Provides:       gdlib
 Obsoletes:      gdlib 
-Autoreqprov:    on
+AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.0.35
-Release:        1
-URL:            http://www.libgd.org/
+Release:        38
+Url:            http://www.libgd.org/
 Summary:        A Drawing Library for Programs That Use PNG and JPEG Output
 Source:         gd-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         gd-%{version}-warn.patch
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ Patch2:         gd-format.patch
 Patch3:         gd-aliasing.patch
 Patch4:         gd-security.patch
 Patch6:         gd-fontpath.patch
+Patch7:         gd-2.0.35-config.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -42,11 +44,10 @@ Authors:
     Thomas Boutell <boutell@boutell.com>
 
 %package devel
-Requires:       %{name} = %{version} libexpat-devel fontconfig-devel freetype2-devel glibc-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel xorg-x11-libXpm-devel xorg-x11-libX11-devel xorg-x11-libXau-devel xorg-x11-libXdmcp-devel
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version} glibc-devel
 License:        X11/MIT
 Summary:        Drawing Library for Programs with PNG and JPEG Output
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Autoreqprov:    on
 
 %description devel
 gd allows code to quickly draw images complete with lines, arcs, text,
@@ -68,19 +69,18 @@ Authors:
 %patch3
 %patch4
 %patch6
+%patch7
 
 %build
-%{suse_update_config -f}
 autoreconf -fi
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fstack-protector -I%{_includedir}/freetype2" \
-CPPFLAGS="-I%{_includedir}/freetype2" \
-	./configure \
-	--prefix=%{_prefix} \
-	--libdir=%{_libdir} \
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+export CPPFLAGS="%{optflags}" 
+%configure \
 	--with-freetype \
 	--with-jpeg \
 	--with-png \
 	--with-xpm \
+	--disable-static \
 	--with-pic
 make 
 #run test programs
@@ -98,17 +98,14 @@ grep -v "gdtest.png, gdtest.wbmp.*ERROR" gdtest.log | grep ERROR && exit 1
 #done
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-%post
-%run_ldconfig
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun
-%run_ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
@@ -129,13 +126,15 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-/usr/bin/gdlib-config
+%{_bindir}/gdlib-config
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_libdir}/*.so
-%{_libdir}/*.a
-%{_libdir}/*.la
+%exclude %{_libdir}/*.la
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec 20 2007 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+- remove static libraries and "la" files
+- devel package dependency cleanup
 * Mon Jul 09 2007 - anosek@suse.cz
 - updated to version 2.0.35
   * Fix valgrind error in gdImageFillTiled (Nuno Lopes)