diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d17054b..04282ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 libsigc++-2.2.4.2.tar.bz2
+/libsigc++-2.2.8.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libsigc++.spec b/libsigc++20.spec
similarity index 96%
rename from libsigc++.spec
rename to libsigc++20.spec
index c025f7a..efef9b3 100644
--- a/libsigc++.spec
+++ b/libsigc++20.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:           libsigc++20
-Version:        2.2.4.2
+Version:        2.2.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 
 Summary:        Typesafe signal framework for C++
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            http://libsigc.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libsigc++/2.0/libsigc++-%version.tar.bz2
+# fix compilation with GCC 4.6 (upstream ticket: GNOME BZ #641471)
+Patch0:		%{name}-gcc46.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  doxygen graphviz
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ needed for development with %name.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n libsigc++-%{version}
-
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %package        doc
 Summary:        Documentation for %{name}, includes full API docs
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Feb  4 2011 Haïkel Guémar <hguemar@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.8-1
+- upstream 2.2.8
+- fix compilation against GCC 4.6 (GNOME BZ #641471)
+
 * Tue Sep  8 2009 Denis Leroy <denis@poolshark.org> - 2.2.4.2-1
 - Update to upstream version 2.2.4.2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3f26056..b5a46cc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-545edbb7b54eec4f723323d3158c0e0c  libsigc++-2.2.4.2.tar.bz2
+1198425eab9fd605721a278c651b8dd8  libsigc++-2.2.8.tar.bz2