diff --git a/ruby-1.8.6.p36_gc.patch b/ruby-1.8.6.p36_gc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ba64111..0000000
--- a/ruby-1.8.6.p36_gc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-Index: gc.c
-===================================================================
---- gc.c.orig	2008-07-07 08:17:24.000000000 +0200
-+++ gc.c	2008-07-22 17:51:19.058845598 +0200
-@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ unsigned int _stacksize = 262144;
- # define STACK_LEVEL_MAX (_stacksize - 4096)
- # undef HAVE_GETRLIMIT
- #elif defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT) || defined(_WIN32)
--static unsigned int STACK_LEVEL_MAX = 655300;
-+static unsigned long STACK_LEVEL_MAX = 655300;
- #else
- # define STACK_LEVEL_MAX 655300
- #endif
-@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ stack_grow_direction(addr)
-     (ret) = (STACK_LENGTH > STACK_LEVEL_MAX + GC_WATER_MARK);\
- } while (0)
- 
--int
-+long
- ruby_stack_length(p)
-     VALUE **p;
- {
-Index: intern.h
-===================================================================
---- intern.h.orig	2008-07-07 05:29:28.000000000 +0200
-+++ intern.h	2008-07-22 17:51:44.220378414 +0200
-@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ VALUE rb_file_directory_p _((VALUE,VALUE
- /* gc.c */
- NORETURN(void rb_memerror __((void)));
- int ruby_stack_check _((void));
--int ruby_stack_length _((VALUE**));
-+long ruby_stack_length _((VALUE**));
- int rb_during_gc _((void));
- char *rb_source_filename _((const char*));
- void rb_gc_mark_locations _((VALUE*, VALUE*));
diff --git a/ruby-1.8.7-p249.tar.bz2 b/ruby-1.8.7-p249.tar.bz2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..519f682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby-1.8.7-p249.tar.bz2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8b89448fc79df6862660e9f77e884f06c76da28f078d8edd2f17567a615f3af5
+size 4153461
diff --git a/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.bz2 b/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 9044fff..0000000
--- a/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:52b731d41b1656e8ef317da38fe0d32c4dcac8ea373456254af88c945df83ca9
-size 4127458
diff --git a/ruby-1.8.x_digest_non_void_return.patch b/ruby-1.8.x_digest_non_void_return.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1ed0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby-1.8.x_digest_non_void_return.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+Index: ext/digest/digest.c
+===================================================================
+--- ext/digest/digest.c.orig	2009-12-14 04:19:26.000000000 +0100
++++ ext/digest/digest.c	2010-02-23 12:27:54.812092205 +0100
+@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
+ 
+   digest.c -
+ 
+-  $Author: shyouhei $
++  $Author: knu $
+   created at: Fri May 25 08:57:27 JST 2001
+ 
+   Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Yukihiro Matsumoto
+   Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Akinori MUSHA
+ 
+   $RoughId: digest.c,v 1.16 2001/07/13 15:38:27 knu Exp $
+-  $Id: digest.c 26089 2009-12-14 03:19:26Z shyouhei $
++  $Id: digest.c 26341 2010-01-17 19:23:17Z knu $
+ 
+ ************************************************/
+ 
+@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ rb_digest_s_hexencode(VALUE klass, VALUE
+     return hexencode_str_new(str);
+ }
+ 
++NORETURN(static void rb_digest_instance_method_unimpl(VALUE self, const char *method));
++
+ /*
+  * Document-module: Digest::Instance
+  *
+@@ -86,8 +88,6 @@ rb_digest_s_hexencode(VALUE klass, VALUE
+ static void
+ rb_digest_instance_method_unimpl(VALUE self, const char *method)
+ {
+-    VALUE klass = rb_obj_class(self);
+-
+     rb_raise(rb_eRuntimeError, "%s does not implement %s()",
+ 	     rb_obj_classname(self), method);
+ }
+@@ -179,10 +179,7 @@ rb_digest_instance_digest(int argc, VALU
+         value = rb_funcall(self, id_finish, 0);
+         rb_funcall(self, id_reset, 0);
+     } else {
+-        VALUE clone = rb_obj_clone(self);
+-
+-        value = rb_funcall(clone, id_finish, 0);
+-        rb_funcall(clone, id_reset, 0);
++        value = rb_funcall(rb_obj_clone(self), id_finish, 0);
+     }
+ 
+     return value;
+@@ -227,10 +224,7 @@ rb_digest_instance_hexdigest(int argc, V
+         value = rb_funcall(self, id_finish, 0);
+         rb_funcall(self, id_reset, 0);
+     } else {
+-        VALUE clone = rb_obj_clone(self);
+-
+-        value = rb_funcall(clone, id_finish, 0);
+-        rb_funcall(clone, id_reset, 0);
++        value = rb_funcall(rb_obj_clone(self), id_finish, 0);
+     }
+ 
+     return hexencode_str_new(value);
+@@ -240,8 +234,8 @@ rb_digest_instance_hexdigest(int argc, V
+  * call-seq:
+  *     digest_obj.hexdigest! -> string
+  *
+- * Returns the resulting hash value and resets the digest to the
+- * initial state.
++ * Returns the resulting hash value in a hex-encoded form and resets
++ * the digest to the initial state.
+  */
+ static VALUE
+ rb_digest_instance_hexdigest_bang(VALUE self)
+@@ -275,7 +269,7 @@ rb_digest_instance_inspect(VALUE self)
+ {
+     VALUE str;
+     size_t digest_len = 32;	/* about this size at least */
+-    char *cname;
++    const char *cname;
+ 
+     cname = rb_obj_classname(self);
+ 
diff --git a/ruby.changes b/ruby.changes
index 9a18ea5..f1912ae 100644
--- a/ruby.changes
+++ b/ruby.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 23 12:02:11 UTC 2010 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- added ruby-1.8.x_digest_non_void_return.patch:
+  patch pulled from SVN to fix the warnings about no return in
+  non-void functions.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 31 21:56:19 CET 2010 - meissner@suse.de
+
+- ruby calls "ppc" "powerpc".
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 29 19:12:11 UTC 2010 - mrueckert@suse.de
+
+- update to 1.8.7p249
+  small big fix release in the 1.8.7 branch, this includes the fix
+  for:
+  - ruby webrick doesn't sanitize non-printable characters in log
+    (bnc#570616) CVE-2009-4492
+- drop ruby-1.8.6.p36_gc.patch: solution is upstream
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 17 00:42:51 CET 2009 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/ruby.spec b/ruby.spec
index bc5973f..2967378 100644
--- a/ruby.spec
+++ b/ruby.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# spec file for package ruby (Version 1.8.7.p72)
+# spec file for package ruby (Version 1.8.7.p249)
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2010 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 
 Name:           ruby
-Version:        1.8.7.p72
-Release:        7
+Version:        1.8.7.p249
+Release:        1
 #
 %define pkg_version 1.8.7
-%define patch_level p72
-%define rb_arch %(echo %{_target_cpu}-linux | sed -e "s/i686/i586/" -e "s/hppa2.0/hppa/")
+%define patch_level p249
+%define rb_arch %(echo %{_target_cpu}-linux | sed -e "s/i686/i586/" -e "s/hppa2.0/hppa/" -e "s/ppc/powerpc/")
 %define rb_ver  %(echo %{pkg_version} | sed -e 's/\\\.[0-9]\\\+$//')
 #
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Url:            http://www.ruby-lang.org/
 Source:         ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-%{pkg_version}-%{patch_level}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        irb.1
 Source2:        ruby-doc-bundle.tar.bz2
-Patch0:         ruby-1.8.6.p36_gc.patch
 Patch1:         ruby-1.8.7.p22_lib64.patch
 Patch2:         ruby-1.8.7.p22_tcltk-multilib.patch
 Patch3:         ruby-1.8.6.p36_socket_ipv6.patch
@@ -63,6 +62,8 @@ Patch5:         ruby_1.8.6.p36_date_remove_privat.patch
 Patch6:         ruby-pedantic-headers.diff
 Patch7:         ruby-1.8.7-p72_vendor_specific.patch
 Patch8:         ruby-1.8.7-p72_topdir.patch
+# can be removed on next version update. pulled from svn
+Patch9:         ruby-1.8.x_digest_non_void_return.patch
 # vendor ruby files taken from:
 # http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/lang/ruby/
 Source3:        site-specific.rb
@@ -237,7 +238,6 @@ Authors:
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n ruby-%{pkg_version}-%{patch_level} -a2 %{?with_bleak_house:-a6}
-%patch0
 %patch1
 %patch2
 %patch3
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch6
 %patch7
 %patch8
+%patch9
 %if 0%{?with_bleak_house}
   for patch in valgrind configure gc ; do
     patch -p0 < bleak_house-%{bleak_house_version}/ruby/${patch}.patch