diff --git a/pcre.changes b/pcre.changes
index 6c1c37e..905365c 100644
--- a/pcre.changes
+++ b/pcre.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug  8 12:46:16 CEST 2007 - ms@suse.de
+
+- added fix to run ldconfig for libpcre*, Thanks to
+  Cristian Rodriguez <crrodriguez@novell.com> who provided
+  the patch (#298291)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 23 15:22:40 CEST 2007 - ms@suse.de
 
diff --git a/pcre.spec b/pcre.spec
index f34c85a..1e1ca30 100644
--- a/pcre.spec
+++ b/pcre.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Name:           pcre
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 Version:        7.2
-Release:        1
+Release:        5
 Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
 License:        BSD 3-Clause, Other uncritical OpenSource License, PCRE LICENCE
 Group:          System/Libraries
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ URL:            ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/
 Source:         %name-%version.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         %name-%version.assert_fix.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%package        devel
-Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
-Autoreqprov:    on
-Group:          System/Libraries
-Requires:       pcre libstdc++-devel
 
 %description
 The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular
@@ -40,6 +35,10 @@ Authors:
 --------
     Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
 
+%package        devel
+Summary:        A library for Perl-compatible regular expressions
+Group:          System/Libraries
+Requires:       pcre = %{version} libstdc++-devel
 
 %description devel
 The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular
@@ -58,17 +57,22 @@ Authors:
 %patch0 -p1 
 
 %build
-export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fstack-protector"
-export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fstack-protector"
-./configure --mandir=%_mandir \
-	    --prefix=%_prefix \
-	    --libdir=%_libdir \
+export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+export CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
+%configure \
 	    --with-link-size=2 \
 	    --with-match-limit=10000000 \
 	    --enable-newline-is-lf \
 	    --enable-utf8 \
         --enable-unicode-properties
-make
+%{__make} %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
+
+%install
+%{__make} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
+%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}/%{_defaultdocdir}
+mv %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/pcre %{buildroot}/%{_defaultdocdir}/pcre
+
+%check
 export LANG=POSIX
 %ifarch %arm
 make test || echo make test failed
@@ -76,35 +80,38 @@ make test || echo make test failed
 make test
 %endif
 
-%install
-make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_defaultdocdir}
-mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/doc/pcre $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_defaultdocdir}/pcre
-
 %clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL LICENCE NEWS NON-UNIX-USE README
 %doc doc/html doc/*.txt
-%_libdir/*.so.*
-/usr/bin/pcregrep
-/usr/bin/pcretest
-%_mandir/man1/*.gz
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+%{_bindir}/pcregrep
+%{_bindir}/pcretest
+%doc %{_mandir}/man1/*.gz
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-/usr/bin/pcre-config
-/usr/include/*
-%_libdir/*.so
-%_libdir/*.a
-%_libdir/*.la
-%_libdir/pkgconfig/libpcre.pc
-%_libdir/pkgconfig/libpcrecpp.pc
-%_mandir/man3/*.gz
+%{_bindir}/pcre-config
+%{_includedir}/*
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+%{_libdir}/*.a
+%{_libdir}/*.la
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpcre.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libpcrecpp.pc
+%doc %{_mandir}/man3/*.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 08 2007 - ms@suse.de
+- added fix to run ldconfig for libpcre*, Thanks to
+  Cristian Rodriguez <crrodriguez@novell.com> who provided
+  the patch (#298291)
 * Mon Jul 23 2007 - ms@suse.de
 - update to version 7.2, fixes bug: (#293752)
 - Changes from 7.1 to 7.2