diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e6a89e..0000000
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-abicheck-1.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 88ac316..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: abicheck
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.1 2004/11/08 04:00:14 cvsextras Exp $
-NAME := abicheck
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON	:= $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attept a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/abicheck-1.2-bindings-fc4.patch b/abicheck-1.2-bindings-fc4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 83a5a76..0000000
--- a/abicheck-1.2-bindings-fc4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl
---- abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl	2003-08-26 21:57:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl	2005-04-11 12:59:04.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@
- 		$ld_debug_match = q/^\s*\d+:/;
- 		$lddstub_match = '';
- 		$binding_match =
--		    q/binding file (.*) to (.*): .*symbol `(\w+)'(.*)$/;
-+		    q/binding file (.*) \[.*\] to (.*) \[.*\]: .*symbol `(\w+)'(.*)$/;
- 		$filter_match  =
- 		    q/file=(.*);  filtered by (.*)$/; # XXX not checked
- 		$unbound_match =
diff --git a/abicheck-1.2-fc3.patch b/abicheck-1.2-fc3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e376064..0000000
--- a/abicheck-1.2-fc3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl
---- abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl	2003-08-26 21:57:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl	2004-12-13 13:00:40.321321296 +0100
-@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@
- 		$dtneeded_match =
- 		    q/^\s*(\S+)\s+=>\s+(not found|\S+)/;
- 		$file_match =
--		    q/^(\s*\d+:).*needed by (.*)$/;
-+		    q/^(\s*\d+:).*needed by (.*) (\[\d+\])*$/;
- 		#
- 		# n.b. there is a PID mismatch in the GNU linker output if
- 		# we watch for the more sensible:
diff --git a/abicheck-1.2-fortify-source-fc6.patch b/abicheck-1.2-fortify-source-fc6.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c46d57..0000000
--- a/abicheck-1.2-fortify-source-fc6.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl
---- abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl	2003-08-26 21:57:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl	2006-08-28 12:28:14.000000000 +0200
-@@ -3538,5 +3538,80 @@
- 			libnsl.so.1:readColdStartFile
- 			libnsl.so.1:writeColdStartFile
- 		);
-+
-+		#
-+		# These are _FORTIFY_SOURCE symbols.
-+		#
-+		push(@{$public}, qw(
-+			libc.so.6:__chk_fail
-+			libc.so.6:__confstr_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__fgets_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__fgets_unlocked_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__fgetws_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__fgetws_unlocked_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__fprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__fwprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__getcwd_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__getdomainname_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__getgroups_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__gethostname_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__getlogin_r_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__gets_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__getwd_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__mbsnrtowcs_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__mbsrtowcs_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__mbstowcs_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__memcpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__memmove_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__mempcpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__memset_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__pread64_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__pread_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__printf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__ptsname_r_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__read_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__readlinkat_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__readlink_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__realpath_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__recv_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__recvfrom_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__snprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__sprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__stack_chk_fail
-+			libc.so.6:__stpcpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__stpncpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__strcat_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__strcpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__strncat_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__strncpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__swprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__syslog_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__ttyname_r_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vfprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vfwprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vsnprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vsprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vswprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vsyslog_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__vwprintf_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcpcpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcpncpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcrtomb_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcscat_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcscpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcsncat_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcsncpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcsnrtombs_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcsrtombs_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wcstombs_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wctomb_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wmemcpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wmemmove_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wmempcpy_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wmemset_chk
-+			libc.so.6:__wprintf_chk
-+			)
-+		);
- 	}
- }
diff --git a/abicheck-1.2-ldlinux.patch b/abicheck-1.2-ldlinux.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 10b0e53..0000000
--- a/abicheck-1.2-ldlinux.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl
---- abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl	2003-08-26 21:57:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl	2005-08-16 22:49:06.000000000 +0200
-@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
- 
- 	if ( ! $pid ) {
- 		# child here, go run ldd -r with debug env:
--		exec_ldd($file);
-+		exec_ldd($file,$file0);
- 		exit 1;
- 	}
- 	
-@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@
- # will read command output.
- #
- sub exec_ldd {
--	my ($file) = @_;
-+	my ($file,$file0) = @_;
- 
- 	open(STDERR, ">&STDOUT");
- 	# need to close stdin on linux for some suid programs e.g. chsh (!)
-@@ -1251,10 +1251,27 @@
- 		$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = $ld_path;
- 	}
- 
--	# currently, no difference between OSs
--	$ENV{LD_DEBUG} = "files,bindings";
--	exec 'ldd', '-r', $file;
--	exit 1;	# exec failed
-+	my $ldlinux = '';
-+	open(DLFIND,"ldd $file0 |") or die "open: ldd: $!";
-+	while (<DLFIND>) {
-+	    /(ld(-linux)*.so.\d+)/ and /(\S+)/ and $ldlinux = $1;
-+	}
-+	close(DLFIND);
-+	if ( $ldlinux =~ /^$/ ) {
-+	    # currently, no difference between OSs
-+	    $ENV{LD_DEBUG} = "files,bindings";
-+	    exec 'ldd', '-r', $file;
-+	    exit 1;	# exec failed
-+	}
-+	else {
-+	    $ENV{LD_DEBUG} = "files,bindings";
-+	    $ENV{LD_VERBOSE} = "yes";
-+	    $ENV{LD_WARN} = "yes";
-+	    $ENV{LD_BIND_NOW} = "yes";
-+	    $ENV{LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS} = "1";
-+	    exec $ldlinux, $file0;
-+	    exit 1;	# exec failed
-+	}
- }
- 
- #
diff --git a/abicheck-1.2-libgcc.patch b/abicheck-1.2-libgcc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f0e4585..0000000
--- a/abicheck-1.2-libgcc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl
---- abicheck-1.2-orig/abicheck.pl	2003-08-26 21:57:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ abicheck-1.2/abicheck.pl	2005-08-15 21:10:15.000000000 +0200
-@@ -3498,6 +3498,19 @@
- 			libc.so.6:__ctype_b_loc
- 			libc.so.6:__ctype_tolower_loc
- 			libc.so.6:__ctype_toupper_loc
-+
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__divdi3
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__register_frame
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__frame_state_for
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__umoddi3
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__udivdi3
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__register_frame_table
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__deregister_frame_info
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__deregister_frame
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__cxa_finalize
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__moddi3
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__register_frame_info_table
-+			libgcc_s.so.1:__register_frame_info
- 		);
- 
- 		@{$private} = qw(
diff --git a/abicheck-1.2-test-static.patch b/abicheck-1.2-test-static.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b025762..0000000
--- a/abicheck-1.2-test-static.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nur abicheck-1.2-orig/test/Makefile abicheck-1.2/test/Makefile
---- abicheck-1.2-orig/test/Makefile	2003-08-26 21:57:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ abicheck-1.2/test/Makefile	2004-12-13 13:01:19.827315472 +0100
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
- # /usr/bin/ld: BFD 2.11.93.0.2 20020207 assertion fail elf-strtab.c:262
- # but it still creates the binary properly.
- libc_a: libc_a.c
--	cc -o libc_a libc_a.c -lm /usr/lib/libc.a
-+	cc -o libc_a libc_a.c -static -lm /usr/lib/libc.a
- 
- private1: private1.c
- 	cc -D`uname` -o private1 private1.c
diff --git a/abicheck.spec b/abicheck.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 55f17bd..0000000
--- a/abicheck.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-%define debug_package %{nil}
-
-Summary: 	ABI checking tool
-Name: 		abicheck
-Version: 	1.2
-Release: 	11
-License: 	LGPL
-Group: 		Applications/File
-URL: 		http://abicheck.sourceforge.net/
-Source0: 	http://dl.sf.net/abicheck/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:		abicheck-1.2-fc3.patch
-Patch1:		abicheck-1.2-test-static.patch
-Patch2:		abicheck-1.2-bindings-fc4.patch
-Patch3:		abicheck-1.2-libgcc.patch
-Patch4:		abicheck-1.2-fortify-source-fc6.patch
-Patch5:		abicheck-1.2-ldlinux.patch
-BuildRoot: 	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-Requires:	binutils perl
-
-
-%description
-abicheck is a tool that checks application binary executables and
-shared libraries for conformance to the (or an) ABI (Application
-Binary Interface).
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-%patch -p1 -b .fc3
-%patch1 -p1 -b .test-static
-%patch2 -p1 -b .bindings-fc4
-%patch3 -p1 -b .libgcc
-%patch4 -p1 -b .fortify-source-fc5
-%patch5 -p1 -b .ldlinux
-sed -i -e 's!/usr/lib/!%{_libdir}/!g' test/Makefile
-
-
-%build
-make
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
-install -p -m 0755 abicheck $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
-install -p -m 0644 abicheck.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
-
-
-%check
-make test
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc COPYING ChangeLog INTRO README
-%{_bindir}/abicheck
-%{_mandir}/man1/abicheck.1*
-
-
-%changelog
-* Mon Aug 28 2006 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-11
-- Rebuild and update fortify-source patch.
-
-* Thu Mar  2 2006 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-10
-- rebuilt for FC5 only to run the %%check section
-
-* Tue Aug 16 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-9
-- Patch abicheck to run dynamic linker directly instead of
-  using ldd and receiving its intermixed lines.
-
-* Mon Aug 15 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-8
-- Add libgcc symbols.
-- Add more _FORTIFY_SOURCE symbols.
-- Override symbol classification by default.
-
-* Thu Aug 11 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-7
-- Add an override file in %%doc which can be specified with
-  option -O to modify the symbol classification for binaries
-  built with _FORTIFY_SOURCE.
-
-* Mon May  9 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-6
-- Disable debuginfo package.
-
-* Thu Apr 14 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-5
-- Replace /usr/lib/ with %%_libdir/ in %%prep.
-
-* Mon Apr 11 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-4
-- Add patch to catch up with bindings related changes in ldd output.
-
-* Fri Apr  7 2005 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net>
-- rebuilt
-
-* Mon Dec 13 2004 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt[AT]users.sf.net> - 1.2-3
-- Add patch to catch up with changes in ldd output.
-- Fix static linking test.
-- Drop Epoch 0.
-
-* Wed Aug 27 2003 Dams <anvil[AT]livna.org> 0:1.2-0.fdr.2
-- Added missing Requires
-
-* Wed Aug 27 2003 Dams <anvil[AT]livna.org> 0:1.2-0.fdr.1
-- Updated to 1.2
-- Dropped patch (applied upstream)
-
-* Sat Aug 23 2003 Dams <anvil[AT]livna.org> 0:1.1-0.fdr.2
-- Aplied patch from Michael Schwendt (bug #605 comment #1)
-
-* Sat Aug 16 2003 Dams <anvil[AT]livna.org>
-- Initial build.
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05c3952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+No upstream development or maintenance at all since several years, not
+even merging patches.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c95f74..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-57097ed1f8c20d974b0b1a9850e61f08  abicheck-1.2.tar.gz