diff --git a/killproc-2.16.dif b/killproc-2.16.dif
index 8e7ba3d..9be8383 100644
--- a/killproc-2.16.dif
+++ b/killproc-2.16.dif
@@ -1,130 +1,4 @@
---- libinit.c
-+++ libinit.c	2009-09-29 10:42:09.875428620 +0200
-@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ static pid_t getpppid(const pid_t ppid)
- 	goto out;
- 
-     if ((fp = open(proc(pid, "stat"), O_PROCMODE)) != -1) {
--	xread(fp, buf, BUFSIZ);
-+	ssize_t len = xread(fp, buf, BUFSIZ);
- 	close(fp);
--	if (sscanf(buf,"%*d %*s %*c %d %*d %*d", &pppid) != 1)
-+	if (len <= 0 || sscanf(buf,"%*d %*s %*c %d %*d %*d", &pppid) != 1)
- 	    warn("can not read ppid for process %d!\n", ppid);
-     }
- out:
-@@ -591,10 +591,11 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
- 	    char ent[3];
- 	    boolean thread;
- 	    ssize_t len;
-+
- 	    len = xread(fp,ent,3);
- 	    close(fp);
- 
--	    if (!len)
-+	    if (len <= 0)
- 		continue;
-     
- 	    thread = (strncmp(ent, "0 ", 2) == 0);
-@@ -682,6 +683,9 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
- 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
- 	    close(fp);
- 
-+	    if (len <= 0)
-+		continue;
-+
- 	    /* Seek for a script not for a binary */
- 	    if (!(scrpt = checkscripts(entry, root, len, d->d_name)))
- 		continue;
-@@ -713,7 +717,7 @@ int pidof (const char * inname, const ch
- 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
- 	    close(fp);
- 
--	    if (!len)
-+	    if (len <= 0)
- 		continue;
- 
- 	    comm  = index(entry,  ' ');
-@@ -764,7 +768,8 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
- 		    const char * root, unsigned short flags,
- 		    const boolean ignore)
- {
--    int fp, cnt;
-+    int fp;
-+    ssize_t cnt;
-     boolean isscrpt = false;
-     pid_t pid;
-     char *swapname = NULL, *bufp;
-@@ -789,11 +794,12 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
-     }
- 
-     errno = 0;
--    if ((cnt = xread (fp, buf, BUFSIZ)) < 0) {
-+    cnt = xread(fp, buf, BUFSIZ);
-+    close(fp);
-+    if (cnt < 0) {
- 	warn("Can not read pid file %s: %s\n", pid_file, strerror(errno));
- 	return -1;
-     }
--    close(fp);
-     buf[cnt] = '\0';
- 
-     bufp = buf;
-@@ -847,10 +853,11 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
- 	char ent[3];
- 	boolean thread;
- 	ssize_t len;
-+
- 	len = xread(fp, ent, sizeof(ent));
- 	close(fp);
- 
--	if (!len)
-+	if (len <= 0)
- 	    goto out;
-     
- 	thread = (strncmp(ent, "0 ", 2) == 0);
-@@ -932,6 +939,9 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
- 	len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
- 	close(fp);
- 
-+	if (len <= 0)
-+	    goto out;
-+
- 	/* Seek for a script not for a binary */
- 	if (!(scrpt = checkscripts(entry, root, len, buf)))
- 	    goto out;		/* Nothing found */
-@@ -951,7 +961,7 @@ int verify_pidfile (const char * pid_fil
- 	len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
- 	close(fp);
- 
--	if (!len)
-+	if (len <= 0)
- 	    goto out;
- 
- 	comm  = index(entry,  ' ');
-@@ -1040,7 +1050,7 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
- 	    len = xread(fp, ent, sizeof(ent));
- 	    close(fp);
- 
--	    if (!len)
-+	    if (len <= 0)
- 		goto ignore;		/* Bogus */
- 
- 	    thread = (strncmp(ent, "0 ", 2) == 0);
-@@ -1111,7 +1121,7 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
- 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
- 	    close(fp);
- 
--	    if (!len)
-+	    if (len <= 0)
- 		goto ignore;		/* Bogus */
- 
- 	    /* Seek for a script not for a binary */
-@@ -1131,7 +1141,7 @@ int check_pids (const char * inname, con
- 	    len = xread(fp, entry, PATH_MAX);
- 	    close(fp);
- 
--	    if (!len)
-+	    if (len <= 0)
- 		goto ignore;		/* Bogus */
- 
- 	    comm  = index(entry,  ' ');
+--- .dummy
++++ .dummy	2009-08-19 12:18:39.181901099 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++this is a dummy, remove if real changes are required
diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 05c86f8..fefbf34 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Tue Sep 29 10:48:03 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de
-
-- Make killproc utils more stable in case that during read(2) a proc
-  file the corresponding process has already terminated (bnc#542717)
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 20 14:17:32 CEST 2009 - werner@suse.de