diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c93669e..0000000
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-varconf-0.6.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 77572b8..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: varconf
-# $Id$
-NAME := varconf
-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/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5204a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Orphaned for 6+ weeks
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index 30b9f24..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3fd80433af2fd96f4eaab23f4ebbe343  varconf-0.6.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch b/varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6578d09..0000000
--- a/varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- varconf-0.6.5/varconf/variable.cpp.orig	2008-02-09 15:57:41.000000000 -0800
-+++ varconf-0.6.5/varconf/variable.cpp	2008-02-09 15:57:50.000000000 -0800
-@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
- 
- #include <string>
- #include <cstdio>
-+#include <cstdlib>
- 
- #ifdef __WIN32__
- #include <tchar.h>
diff --git a/varconf.spec b/varconf.spec
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index fe0873f..0000000
--- a/varconf.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-Name:           varconf
-Version:        0.6.5
-Release:        4%{?dist}
-Summary:        Configuration library used by WorldForge clients
-
-Group:          Development/Libraries
-License:        LGPLv2+
-URL:            http://worldforge.org/dev/eng/libraries/varconf
-Source0:        http://dl.sourceforge.net/worldforge/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:         varconf-0.6.5-gcc43.patch
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildRequires:  libsigc++20-devel
-
-%description
-Varconf is a configuration library intended for all applications. It manages
-configuration data in files, command line arguments, and is used by most
-WorldForge components.
-
-
-%package devel
-Summary: Development files for varconf library
-Group:   Development/Libraries
-Requires: pkgconfig %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-
-%description devel
-Development libraries and headers for linking against the varconf library.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-
-
-%build
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
-
-## cleaning up redundant docs
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}
-
-%check
-make %{?_smp_mflags} check
-cd tests ; ./conftest < conf.cfg
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog README THANKS TODO
-%{_libdir}/lib%{name}-1.0.so.*
-
-
-%files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{_includedir}/%{name}-1.0
-%{_libdir}/lib%{name}-1.0.so
-%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
-
-
-%changelog
-* Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.6.5-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Feb 9 2008 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.5-3
-- Rebuild for gcc 4.3
-
-* Tue Aug 21 2007 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.5-2
-- License tag clarification
-
-* Tue Jan 16 2007 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.5-1
-- Update to 0.6.5
-
-* Mon Aug 28 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-4
-- Rebuild for Fedora Extras
-
-* Wed Jul 19 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-3
-- Add command to %%check to execute tests
-
-* Fri Jul 14 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-2
-- Added Requires: pkgconfig to -devel subpackage
-- Change license from GPL -> LGPL
-- Added missing header to test file
-- Use smp_mflags with test suie
-
-* Wed Jun 14 2006 Wart <wart at kobold.org> 0.6.4-1
-- Initial spec file for Fedora Extras