diff --git a/ddrescue-1.23.tar.lz b/ddrescue-1.23.tar.lz
deleted file mode 100644
index f38912c..0000000
--- a/ddrescue-1.23.tar.lz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:a9ae2dd44592bf386c9c156a5dacaeeb901573c9867ada3608f887d401338d8d
-size 82451
diff --git a/ddrescue-1.23.tar.lz.sig b/ddrescue-1.23.tar.lz.sig
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz b/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cf8574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4b5d3feede70e3657ca6b3c7844f23131851cbb6af0cecc9721500f7d7021087
+size 85244
diff --git a/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz.sig b/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz.sig
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/gnu_ddrescue.changes b/gnu_ddrescue.changes
index 1551448..9fc1576 100644
--- a/gnu_ddrescue.changes
+++ b/gnu_ddrescue.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  8 20:47:33 UTC 2019 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- update to 1.24:
+  * new option '--command-mode'
+  * create backup copie of the mapfiles
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 16 18:13:35 UTC 2018 - astieger@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gnu_ddrescue.spec b/gnu_ddrescue.spec
index 9804baa..0703610 100644
--- a/gnu_ddrescue.spec
+++ b/gnu_ddrescue.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gnu_ddrescue
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,25 +12,24 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
 Name:           gnu_ddrescue
-Version:        1.23
+Version:        1.24
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Data Copying in the Presence of I/O Errors
-License:        GPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          System/Base
-Url:            http://gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
-
-Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue/ddrescue-%version.tar.lz
-Source2:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue/ddrescue-%version.tar.lz.sig
-Source3:        %name.keyring
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+URL:            http://gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
+Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue/ddrescue-%{version}.tar.lz
+Source2:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue/ddrescue-%{version}.tar.lz.sig
+Source3:        %{name}.keyring
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  lzip
-PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
+# FIXME: use proper Requires(pre/post/preun/...)
+PreReq:         %{install_info_prereq}
 
 %description
 GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or
@@ -41,27 +40,27 @@ It is more memory and time efficient than dd_rescue+dd_rhelp on disks
 with more than a few hundred bad sectors.
 
 %prep
-%setup -qn ddrescue-%version
+%setup -q -n ddrescue-%{version}
 
 %build
 # not autoconf, but at least it behaves (nearly) like it.
-%configure --enable-linux CFLAGS="%optflags" CXXFLAGS="%optflags"
+%configure --enable-linux CFLAGS="%{optflags}" CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-make install DESTDIR="%buildroot";
+make install DESTDIR="%{buildroot}";
 
 %post
-%install_info --info-dir=%_infodir %_infodir/ddrescue.info.gz
+%install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ddrescue.info.gz
 
 %preun
-%install_info_delete --info-dir=%_infodir %_infodir/ddrescue.info.gz
+%install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ddrescue.info.gz
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%_bindir/*
-%_mandir/man*/*
-%doc %_infodir/ddrescue*
-%doc COPYING NEWS README
+%{_bindir}/*
+%{_mandir}/man*/*
+%{_infodir}/ddrescue*
+%license COPYING
+%doc NEWS README
 
 %changelog