diff --git a/aiksaurus-configure.c99.patch b/aiksaurus-configure.c99.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a55e84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aiksaurus-configure.c99.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index e397ec9..abb6d27 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -5067,8 +5067,8 @@ main ()
+   for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
+     if (XOR (islower (i), ISLOWER (i))
+ 	|| toupper (i) != TOUPPER (i))
+-      exit(2);
+-  exit (0);
++      return 2;
++  return 0;
+ }
+ _ACEOF
+ rm -f conftest$ac_exeext
diff --git a/aiksaurus.spec b/aiksaurus.spec
index 2c429c2..b83a8b5 100644
--- a/aiksaurus.spec
+++ b/aiksaurus.spec
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 Name:           aiksaurus
 Version:        1.2.1
-Release:        41%{?dist}
+Release:        59%{?dist}
 Summary:        An English-language thesaurus library
 
 Epoch:          1
-License:        GPLv2+
+# Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
+License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:            http://aiksaurus.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://download.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}.png
 Source2:        %{name}.desktop
 Patch0:         %{name}-1.2.1-gcc43.patch
 Patch1:         %{name}-security.patch
+Patch2:         %{name}-configure.c99.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
+BuildRequires: make
 
 %description
 Aiksaurus is an English-language thesaurus library that can be 
@@ -57,10 +60,12 @@ A standalone thesaurus program base on aiksaurus-gtk.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
+%patch -P0 -p1
+%patch -P1 -p1
+%patch -P2 -p1
 
 %build
+export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++14 $RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 %configure
 sed -i 's|^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*|hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=""|g' libtool
 sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool 
@@ -109,6 +114,61 @@ desktop-file-install --dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications %{SOURCE2}
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/%{name}.png
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-59
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 23 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-58
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jan 16 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-57
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jul 25 2024 Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> - 1:1.2.1-56
+- convert license to SPDX
+
+* Wed Jul 17 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-55
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jan 22 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-54
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jan 19 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-53
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-52
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jan 18 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-51
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Dec 06 2022 Peter Fordham <peter.fordham@gmail.com> - 1:1.2.1-50
+- Port configure script to C99.
+
+* Wed Jul 20 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-49
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jan 19 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-48
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jul 21 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-47
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jan 25 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-46
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jul 31 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-45
+- Second attempt - Rebuilt for
+  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jul 27 2020 Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> - 1:1.2.1-44
+- Force C++14 as the code is not ready for C++17
+
+* Mon Jul 27 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-43
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jan 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-42
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild
+
 * Wed Jul 24 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:1.2.1-41
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild