diff --git a/dpkg-old-File-Path.patch b/dpkg-old-File-Path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2980d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpkg-old-File-Path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Index: dpkg-1.16.10/scripts/Dpkg/Source/Quilt.pm
+===================================================================
+--- dpkg-1.16.10.orig/scripts/Dpkg/Source/Quilt.pm
++++ dpkg-1.16.10/scripts/Dpkg/Source/Quilt.pm
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use Dpkg::Vendor qw(get_current_vendor);
+ use File::Spec;
+ use File::Copy;
+ use File::Find;
+-use File::Path qw(make_path);
++use File::Path qw(mkpath);
+ use File::Basename;
+ 
+ sub new {
+@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ sub restore_quilt_backup_files {
+             my $target = File::Spec->catfile($self->{'dir'}, $relpath_in_srcpkg);
+             if (-s $_) {
+                 unlink($target);
+-                make_path(dirname($target));
++                mkpath(dirname($target));
+                 unless (link($_, $target)) {
+                     copy($_, $target) ||
+                         syserr(_g("failed to copy %s to %s"), $_, $target);
diff --git a/dpkg-old-Test-More.patch b/dpkg-old-Test-More.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38f7c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpkg-old-Test-More.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+Index: dpkg-1.16.10/src/t/100_dpkg_divert.t
+===================================================================
+--- dpkg-1.16.10.orig/src/t/100_dpkg_divert.t
++++ dpkg-1.16.10/src/t/100_dpkg_divert.t
+@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ sub diversions_eq {
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Command line parsing testing");
++#note("Command line parsing testing");
+ 
+ my $usagere = qr/.*Usage.*dpkg-divert.*Commands.*Options.*/s;
+ 
+@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ call([@dd, '--admindir'], [],
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Querying information from diverts db (empty one)");
++#note("Querying information from diverts db (empty one)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
+@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ call_divert_sort(['--list', 'baz'], expe
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Querying information from diverts db (1)");
++#note("Querying information from diverts db (1)");
+ 
+ install_diversions(<<EOF);
+ /bin/sh
+@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ call_divert_sort(['--list', '/bin/sh', '
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Querying information from diverts db (2)");
++#note("Querying information from diverts db (2)");
+ 
+ install_diversions(<<EOF);
+ /bin/sh
+@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ call_divert(['--truename', '/bin/somethi
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion");
++#note("Adding diversion");
+ 
+ my $diversions_added_foo_local = <<EOF;
+ $testdir/foo
+@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ diversions_eq($diversions_added_foo_loca
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (2)");
++#note("Adding diversion (2)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
+@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ diversions_eq($diversions_added_foo_loca
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (3)");
++#note("Adding diversion (3)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
+@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ diversions_eq($diversions_added_foo_loca
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (4)");
++#note("Adding diversion (4)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ system("touch $testdir/foo");
+@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ diversions_eq('');
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (5)");
++#note("Adding diversion (5)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ call_divert(['--quiet', '--rename', "$testdir/foo"],
+@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ ok(!-e "$testdir/foo.distrib", "foo was
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (6)");
++#note("Adding diversion (6)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ system("touch $testdir/foo");
+@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ diversions_eq($diversions_added_foo_loca
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (7)");
++#note("Adding diversion (7)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ call_divert(['--quiet', '--rename', '--package', 'bash', "$testdir/foo"],
+@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ $testdir/foo.distrib
+ bash
+ EOF
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (8)");
++#note("Adding diversion (8)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ system("touch $testdir/foo; ln $testdir/foo $testdir/foo.distrib");
+@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ ok(-e "$testdir/foo.distrib", "foo diver
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion (9)");
++#note("Adding diversion (9)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ system("touch $testdir/foo $testdir/foo.distrib");
+@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ diversions_eq('');
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding second diversion");
++#note("Adding second diversion");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ call_divert(["$testdir/foo"]);
+@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ call_divert(['--divert', "$testdir/foo",
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding third diversion");
++#note("Adding third diversion");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ call_divert(["$testdir/foo"]);
+@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ call_divert(['--package', 'foobar', "$te
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion in non-existing directory");
++#note("Adding diversion in non-existing directory");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
+@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ EOF
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Adding diversion of file owned by --package");
++#note("Adding diversion of file owned by --package");
+ 
+ install_filelist("coreutils", "i386", "$testdir/foo");
+ install_diversions('');
+@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ EOF
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Remove diversions");
++#note("Remove diversions");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
+@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ call_divert(['--remove', '--quiet', '/bi
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Remove diversion (2)");
++#note("Remove diversion (2)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ call_divert(["$testdir/foo"]);
+@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ EOF
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Remove diversion (3)");
++#note("Remove diversion (3)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
+@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ EOF
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Remove diversion (4)");
++#note("Remove diversion (4)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
+@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ EOF
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Remove diversion(5)");
++#note("Remove diversion(5)");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ system("touch $testdir/foo");
+@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ diversions_eq('');
+ 
+ cleanup();
+ 
+-note("Corrupted divertions db handling");
++#note("Corrupted divertions db handling");
+ 
+ SKIP: {
+     skip "running as root or similar", 3, if (defined($ENV{FAKEROOTKEY}) or $> == 0);
+@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ cleanup();
+ SKIP: {
+     skip "running as root or similar", 10, if (defined($ENV{FAKEROOTKEY}) or $> == 0);
+ 
+-    note("R/O directory");
++    #note("R/O directory");
+ 
+     install_diversions('');
+     system("mkdir $testdir/rodir && touch $testdir/rodir/foo $testdir/bar && chmod 500 $testdir/rodir");
+@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ SKIP: {
+     system("chmod 755 $testdir/rodir");
+     cleanup();
+ 
+-    note("Unavailable file");
++    #note("Unavailable file");
+ 
+     install_diversions('');
+     system("mkdir $testdir/nadir && chmod 000 $testdir/nadir");
+@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ SKIP: {
+     cleanup();
+ }
+ 
+-note("Errors during saving diversions db");
++#note("Errors during saving diversions db");
+ 
+ install_diversions('');
+ 
diff --git a/dpkg.changes b/dpkg.changes
index 099a618..31f693e 100644
--- a/dpkg.changes
+++ b/dpkg.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 26 13:22:40 UTC 2013 - frank.lichtenheld@sophos.com
+
+- Enable test suite
+- Fix dpkg-source for SLES 11. Quilt.pm was depending on a
+  newer API of File::Path.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 25 20:25:54 UTC 2013 - frank.lichtenheld@sophos.com
+
+- update to dpkg-1.16.10
+* Add missing @LIBLZMA_LIBS@ to Libs.Private in libdpkg.pc.in
+* Fix OpenPGP armored signature parsing, to be resilient against doctored
+  input, including source package control files. deb#695919
+* Fix warning in Dpkg::Source::Archive with «perl -w» due to redefinition
+  of getcwd() by removing unused POSIX modules usage. deb#700978
+- update to dpkg-1.16.9
+* Fix regression on old-style binNMUs for packages that specify an
+  explicit binary version to dpkg-gencontrol, by always fixing up the
+  source version. deb#690823
+* Fix dpkg-source regression in "3.0 (quilt)" source packages while
+  unapplying patches that remove all files in a directory. deb#683547
+* Fix segfault in field format parsing on empty strings, affecting
+  «dpkg-query -W -f ''» and «dpkg-deb -W --showformat=''». lp#1035512
+- see /usr/share/doc/packages/dpkg/changelog for details
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 11 18:55:33 UTC 2012 - frank.lichtenheld@sophos.com
 
diff --git a/dpkg.spec b/dpkg.spec
index fb957d8..f2d542c 100644
--- a/dpkg.spec
+++ b/dpkg.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package dpkg
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define admindir %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm/
 
 Name:           dpkg
-Version:        1.16.8
+Version:        1.16.10
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Debian package management system
 License:        GPL-2.0+
@@ -28,17 +28,23 @@ Url:            http://www.debian.org
 Source0:        http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_%{version}.tar.xz
 Source3:        sensible-editor
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE replace debian with opensuse. replace macros. update-alternatives temp directories' path and name from dpkg* to rpm*.
-Patch1:         update-alternatives-%{version}-suse.patch
+Patch1:         update-alternatives-1.16.8-suse.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE add openSUSE supported architectures
 Patch2:         dpkg-archtable-suse.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM remove --utf8 since we only build En manpages.
 Patch3:         dpkg-pod2man-no-utf8.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE support for old File::Path (SLES11)
+Patch4:         dpkg-old-File-Path.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SUSE support for old Test::More (SLES11)
+Patch5:         dpkg-old-Test-More.patch
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  libselinux-devel
 %define use_selinux 1
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  xz
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  perl(Date::Parse)
+BuildRequires:  perl(IO::String)
 Requires:       cpio
 Requires:       make
 Requires:       patch
@@ -106,6 +112,8 @@ Provides translations to the package %{name}
 %patch2 -p1
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} < 1130
 %patch3 -p1
+%patch4 -p1
+%patch5 -p1
 %endif
 
 %build
@@ -161,6 +169,9 @@ cat dselect.lang dpkg-dev.lang >> %{name}.lang
 # extras
 install -m 755 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 
+%check
+%{__make} check
+
 %post
 cd %{_localstatedir}/lib/dpkg
 for f in diversions statoverride status ; do
diff --git a/dpkg_1.16.10.tar.xz b/dpkg_1.16.10.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebfea01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpkg_1.16.10.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:aeaacf0884039940d9463901102194f9a42eb5702157b9e7a23f43e0d9f65cf2
+size 3703340
diff --git a/dpkg_1.16.8.tar.xz b/dpkg_1.16.8.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index c166c05..0000000
--- a/dpkg_1.16.8.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:4a1f4611390d93f1f198d910d3a4e4913b3cf81702b31f585a1872ca98df0eaa
-size 3601652
diff --git a/update-alternatives.changes b/update-alternatives.changes
index 64c8986..72e3b7a 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.changes
+++ b/update-alternatives.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar 25 20:35:24 UTC 2013 - frank.lichtenheld@sophos.com
+
+- update to 1.16.10
+* Fix update-alternatives test suite to behave correctly on non-Debian
+  binary paths. Known to be affecting at least Gentoo and Mac OS X.
+* Do not leak subcall command arguments in update-alternatives.
+* Fix segfault on update-alternatives when passing --slave without any
+  action at all. lp#1037431
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep 27 21:58:39 UTC 2012 - frank.lichtenheld@sophos.com
 
diff --git a/update-alternatives.spec b/update-alternatives.spec
index 20c02bd..3d87f43 100644
--- a/update-alternatives.spec
+++ b/update-alternatives.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package update-alternatives
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define admindir %{_localstatedir}/lib/rpm/
 
 Name:           update-alternatives
-Version:        1.16.8
+Version:        1.16.10
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Maintain symbolic links determining default commands
 License:        GPL-2.0+
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Group:          System/Management
 Url:            http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/
 Source0:        http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_%{version}.tar.xz
 Source3:        sensible-editor
-Patch0:         update-alternatives-%{version}-suse.patch
+Patch0:         update-alternatives-1.16.8-suse.patch
 Patch1:         dpkg-archtable-suse.patch
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  xz