diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index c678ed3..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/frytvm-XS-9c19777.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..517fb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+no longer maintained upstream and fails to build
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index 77780a3..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-81cc533e9d964e4787cd6c36c0fe0149  frytvm-XS-9c19777.tar.gz
diff --git a/xs-automake-1.12-bison-hxx.patch b/xs-automake-1.12-bison-hxx.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9116e4c..0000000
--- a/xs-automake-1.12-bison-hxx.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
---- frytvm-XS-9c19777/Makefile.am~	2010-04-02 10:23:02.000000000 +0900
-+++ frytvm-XS-9c19777/Makefile.am	2013-02-01 14:08:09.601530609 +0900
-@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ COMMON_FILES	= access.cxx closure.cxx co
- 	  sigmsgs.cxx signal.cxx split.cxx syntax.cxx status.cxx str.cxx term.cxx \
- 	  token.cxx tree.cxx util.cxx var.cxx version.cxx parse.yxx
- OTHER	= Makefile parse.yxx mksignal
--GEN	= parse.h parse.cxx parse.output sigmsgs.cxx initial.cxx
-+GEN	= parse.hxx parse.cxx parse.output sigmsgs.cxx initial.cxx
- 
--BUILT_SOURCES = parse.h
-+BUILT_SOURCES = parse.hxx
- xs_SOURCES = $(COMMON_FILES) initial.cxx main.cxx
- #ctest_SOURCES = tests/test_print.cxx tests/test_util.cxx tests/all_tests.cxx $(COMMON_FILES)
- #ctest_LDADD = -lcgreen -lm
-diff -up frytvm-XS-9c19777/input.cxx~ frytvm-XS-9c19777/input.cxx
---- frytvm-XS-9c19777/input.cxx~	2010-04-02 10:23:02.000000000 +0900
-+++ frytvm-XS-9c19777/input.cxx	2013-02-01 14:08:29.930518307 +0900
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- #include "es.hxx"
- #include "term.hxx"
- #include "input.hxx"
--#include "parse.h"
-+#include "parse.hxx"
- 
- 
- /*
-diff -up frytvm-XS-9c19777/syntax.cxx~ frytvm-XS-9c19777/syntax.cxx
---- frytvm-XS-9c19777/syntax.cxx~	2010-04-02 10:23:02.000000000 +0900
-+++ frytvm-XS-9c19777/syntax.cxx	2013-02-01 14:08:46.865508150 +0900
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- #include "es.hxx"
- #include "input.hxx"
- #include "syntax.hxx"
--#include "parse.h"
-+#include "parse.hxx"
- 
- Tree errornode;
- Tree *parsetree;
-diff -up frytvm-XS-9c19777/token.cxx~ frytvm-XS-9c19777/token.cxx
---- frytvm-XS-9c19777/token.cxx~	2010-04-02 10:23:02.000000000 +0900
-+++ frytvm-XS-9c19777/token.cxx	2013-02-01 14:08:54.433503637 +0900
-@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
- #include "es.hxx"
- #include "input.hxx"
- #include "syntax.hxx"
--#include "parse.h"
-+#include "parse.hxx"
- 
- 
- static inline bool isodigit(char c) {
---- frytvm-XS-9c19777/y.tab.h~	2010-04-02 10:23:02.000000000 +0900
-+++ frytvm-XS-9c19777/y.tab.h	2013-02-01 14:28:37.521901480 +0900
-@@ -1 +1 @@
--#include "parse.h"
-+#include "parse.hxx"
diff --git a/xs.spec b/xs.spec
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index 5269f6f..0000000
--- a/xs.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-%global githash 9c19777
-
-Name:		xs
-Version:	0.1
-Release:	6.git%{githash}%{?dist}
-Summary:	Shell supporting functional programming
-
-License:	Public Domain
-URL:		https://github.com/frytvm
-# downloaded from https://github.com/frytvm/XS/tarball/master
-Source0:	frytvm-XS-%{githash}.tar.gz
-Patch0:         xs-automake-1.12-bison-hxx.patch
-
-BuildRequires:	automake
-BuildRequires:	bison
-BuildRequires:	boost-devel
-BuildRequires:	gc-devel
-BuildRequires:	gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:	readline-devel
-
-%description
-Xs is a cleanly-designed shell with functional programming.  It is based off
-the source-code for the es project, which was in the public domain.
-Currently, the changes in xs can also be considered to be in the public domain.
-
-Most of the xs source code remains untouched from es.
-The primary authors of that shell can be found in that source code,
-currently located at: ftp://ftp.sys.utoronto.ca/pub/es/. Modifications
-since es-0.9-beta1 are all parts of xs and have been written by
-Frederic Koehler.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n frytvm-XS-%{githash}
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 18
-# patch for automake-1.12
-%patch0 -p1 -b .orig
-%endif
-
-
-%build
-autoreconf
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="install -p"
-
-
-%check
-make testxs
-
-
-%files
-%doc COPYING README
-%{_bindir}/xs
-%{_mandir}/man1/xs.1*
-
-
-%changelog
-* Fri Feb  1 2013 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.1-6.git9c19777%{?dist}
-- patch for automake-1.12 using .hxx for bison output
-- explicitly BR gcc-c++
-
-* Sun Jul 22 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.1-5.git9c19777
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 28 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.1-4.git9c19777
-- Rebuilt for c++ ABI breakage
-
-* Sat Jan 14 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.1-3.git9c19777
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Sep  7 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.1-2.git9c19777
-- fix description, use install -p, and include COPYING (Parag Nemade, #735705)
-- add a check section
-
-* Fri Sep  2 2011 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.1-1.git9c19777
-- initial packaging