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diff --git a/python-python-daemon.changes b/python-python-daemon.changes
index a622ad9..fdffb4d 100644
--- a/python-python-daemon.changes
+++ b/python-python-daemon.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan  5 13:25:37 UTC 2012 - jmatejek@suse.com
+
+- reverted to 1.5.5 (per bnc#731071 and Debian bug #585404,
+  upstream has retracted version 1.6 due to brokenness)
+- updated license header
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 24 13:21:10 UTC 2011 - idoenmez@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python-python-daemon.spec b/python-python-daemon.spec
index 41270c3..b741ce6 100644
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@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-python-daemon
-Version:        1.6
+Version:        1.5.5
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/
 Summary:        Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process
-License:        PSF-2+
+License:        Python-2.0
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         python-daemon-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build