diff --git a/iputils.spec b/iputils.spec
index c162085..421ca09 100644
--- a/iputils.spec
+++ b/iputils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Network monitoring tools including ping
 Name: iputils
 Version: 20070202
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 URL: http://www.skbuff.net/iputils
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -95,12 +95,15 @@ install -c doc/ping.8		${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/
 install -c doc/rdisc.8		${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/
 install -c doc/tracepath.8	${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/
 install -c ifenslave.8		${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/
-ln -s %{_mandir}/man8/ping.8.gz ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/ping6.8.gz
-ln -s %{_mandir}/man8/tracepath.8.gz ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/tracepath6.8.gz
+ln -s ping.8.gz ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/ping6.8.gz
+ln -s tracepath.8.gz ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_mandir}/man8/tracepath6.8.gz
 
 install -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d
 install -m 755 %SOURCE3 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/rdisc
 
+iconv -f ISO88591 -t UTF8 RELNOTES -o RELNOTES.tmp
+mv -f RELNOTES.tmp RELNOTES
+
 %post
 /sbin/chkconfig --add rdisc
 
@@ -147,6 +150,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/rdisc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 14 2008 Martin Nagy <mnagy@redhat.com> - 20070202-6
+- fix absolute symlinks and character encoding for RELNOTES (#225909)
+
 * Fri Sep 14 2007 Martin Bacovsky <mbacovsk@redhat.com> - 20070202-5
 - rebuild