diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index b17bf44..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-vdccm-0.10.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b11471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Package is retired and obsoleted by synce-connector
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index e3b3566..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-43bca4c2fdb658f99b07549fa03832e0  vdccm-0.10.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/vdccm-gcc43.patch b/vdccm-gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a2ef732..0000000
--- a/vdccm-gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
---- lib/tcpsocket.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 15:26:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ lib/tcpsocket.cpp	2008-02-22 15:27:42.000000000 +0100
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
- #include "tcpsocket.h"
- #include <arpa/inet.h>
- #include <netdb.h>
--
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- using namespace std;
- 
---- lib/localconnectedsocket.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 15:44:58.000000000 +0100
-+++ lib/localconnectedsocket.cpp	2008-02-22 15:45:50.000000000 +0100
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
-  ***************************************************************************/
- #include "localconnectedsocket.h"
- #include <netdb.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- using namespace std;
- 
---- lib/tcpclientsocket.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 15:45:13.000000000 +0100
-+++ lib/tcpclientsocket.cpp	2008-02-22 15:45:58.000000000 +0100
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
-  ***************************************************************************/
- #include "tcpclientsocket.h"
- #include <netdb.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- using namespace std;
- 
---- lib/tcpconnectedsocket.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 15:44:19.000000000 +0100
-+++ lib/tcpconnectedsocket.cpp	2008-02-22 15:44:34.000000000 +0100
-@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
- #include "tcpconnectedsocket.h"
- #include <arpa/inet.h>
- #include <netdb.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- // Ugly hack - the header <linux/in.h> could not be included
- // due to conflicts with other systemheader
---- lib/udpsocket.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 15:45:24.000000000 +0100
-+++ lib/udpsocket.cpp	2008-02-22 15:46:04.000000000 +0100
-@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
- //
- #include "udpsocket.h"
- #include <netdb.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- using namespace std;
- 
---- src/rapiclient.h.orig	2008-02-22 16:13:42.000000000 +0100
-+++ src/rapiclient.h	2008-02-22 16:14:16.000000000 +0100
-@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
- 
- #include <tcpacceptedsocket.h>
- 
-+#include <limits.h>
-+
- /**
- 	@author Volker Christian <voc@users.sourceforge.net>
- */
---- src/rapiclient.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 16:23:05.000000000 +0100
-+++ src/rapiclient.cpp	2008-02-22 16:23:21.000000000 +0100
-@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
- #include <iomanip>
- #include <errno.h>
- #include <synce.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- 
- using namespace std;
---- src/rapiconnection.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 16:25:36.000000000 +0100
-+++ src/rapiconnection.cpp	2008-02-22 16:26:00.000000000 +0100
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
- #include "synce_log.h"
- #include <algorithm>
- #include <multiplexer.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- using namespace std;
- 
---- src/rapiproxyconnection.cpp.orig	2008-02-22 16:27:02.000000000 +0100
-+++ src/rapiproxyconnection.cpp	2008-02-22 16:27:18.000000000 +0100
-@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
- 
- #include <iostream>
- 
-+#include <string.h>
-+
- RapiProxyConnection::RapiProxyConnection(RapiConnection *rapiConnection, RapiProxy *rapiProxy,
-                                          RapiProvisioningClient *rapiProvisioningClient)
-     : rapiConnection(rapiConnection),
diff --git a/vdccm.spec b/vdccm.spec
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index ec81f72..0000000
--- a/vdccm.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-Name:           vdccm
-Version:        0.10.1
-Release:        3%{?dist}
-Summary:        Serial connection daemon for Pocket PC devices
-
-Group:          Applications/Communications
-License:        MIT
-URL:            http://www.synce.org
-Source0:        http://download.sf.net/synce/vdccm-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:        %{name}-gcc43.patch
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildRequires:  libsynce-devel >= 0.10.0
-BuildRequires:  libtool
-
-Requires:       synce-serial
-
-%description
-Vdccm is a daemon running as the user on the desktop machine, which
-the Pocket PC connects to.
-This vdccm is a replacement of the original dccm and the vdccm comming
-with SynCE-KDE.
-
-%package devel
-Summary: Development libraries and header files for vdccm
-Group: Development/Libraries
-Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description devel
-This package contains the header files and link libraries for vdccm
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-sed -i -e "/chown root/d" src/Makefile.in
-%patch0
-
-%build
-%configure --disable-static
-make LIBTOOL=%{_bindir}/libtool %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.{la,a}
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README TODO
-%attr(4755,root,root) %{_bindir}/vdccm
-%{_bindir}/triggerconnection
-%{_mandir}/man1/*
-
-%files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-
-%changelog
-* Fri Feb 22 2008 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
-- 0.10.1-3
-- fix gcc43 build (#433998)
-
-* Mon Feb 18 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.10.1-2
-- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3
-
-* Fri Dec 21 2007 Andreas Bierfert <andreas.bierfert[AT]lowlatency.de>
-- 0.10.1-1
-- version upgrade
-
-* Wed May 09 2007 Aurelien Bompard <abompard@fedoraproject.org> 0.10.0-1
-- version 0.10.0
-
-* Sat Mar 03 2007 Aurelien Bompard <abompard@fedoraproject.org> 0.9.3-1
-- split off the synce package