diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fddf6d3..3f4cb25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-/initscripts-9.38.tar.bz2
-/initscripts-9.39.tar.bz2
-/initscripts-9.40.tar.bz2
-/initscripts-9.41.tar.bz2
+/initscripts-9.42.tar.bz2
diff --git a/initscripts.spec b/initscripts.spec
index 030bc86..675debc 100644
--- a/initscripts.spec
+++ b/initscripts.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Summary: The inittab file and the /etc/init.d scripts
 Name: initscripts
-Version: 9.41
+Version: 9.42
 # ppp-watch is GPLv2+, everything else is GPLv2
 License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 URL: http://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/n/initscripts/
 Source: http://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/n/initscripts/initscripts-%{version}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ Requires(pre): /usr/sbin/groupadd
 Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig, coreutils
 Requires(preun): /sbin/chkconfig
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel popt-devel gettext pkgconfig
-Patch0: d7cc6f6.patch
-Patch1: 0001-Fix-calling-of-firewall-cmd-in-ifup-post-ifdown-post.patch
 
 %description
 The initscripts package contains the basic system scripts used to boot
@@ -52,8 +50,6 @@ Currently, this consists of various memory checking code.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 make
@@ -172,6 +168,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %dir /etc/rc.d/init.d
 /etc/rc.d/init.d/*
 %ghost %verify(not md5 size mtime) %config(noreplace,missingok) /etc/rc.d/rc.local
+%config(noreplace) /etc/sysctl.conf
 /usr/lib/sysctl.d/00-system.conf
 %exclude /etc/profile.d/debug*
 /etc/profile.d/*
@@ -217,9 +214,12 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /etc/profile.d/debug*
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Oct  8 2012 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> - 9.41-2
-- fix invocation of firewall-cmd for current firewalld (#864060, <jpopelka@redhat.com>)
-- fix invocation of fixfiles in autorelabel (#863662, <dwalsh@redhat.com>)
+* Wed Oct 31 2012 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> - 9.42-1
+- Halloween release!
+- add a default /etc/sysctl.conf that describes how to change values, and where the defaults now live. (#760254)
+- translation updates
+- fedora-autorelabel: don't pass -F to fixfiles (#863662, <dwalsh@redhat.com>)
+- fix calling of firewall-cmd in ifup-post/ifdown-post (<jpopelka@redhat.com>)
 
 * Fri Oct  5 2012 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> - 9.41-1
 - debugmode: MALLOC_CHECK_ is not thread safe. Don't enable it by default (#853175)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4cc50ff..6d7eb18 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-9b6d7413e08fe199acf4e9e5e6729f28  initscripts-9.38.tar.bz2
-52617e27a4f49303028039c43c0721c9  initscripts-9.39.tar.bz2
-a6244271db03b0274f9b9582b1ac86d3  initscripts-9.40.tar.bz2
-06645d3346db593604b7d78428963103  initscripts-9.41.tar.bz2
+d5bde672cc94973cd8af8ac0354dbe8f  initscripts-9.42.tar.bz2