diff --git a/ncompress.spec b/ncompress.spec
index d5dad1f..fde1802 100644
--- a/ncompress.spec
+++ b/ncompress.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Summary: Fast compression and decompression utilities.
 Name: ncompress
 Version: 4.2.4
-Release: 21a
+Release: 24
 License: distributable
 Group: Applications/File
 Source: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/compress/ncompress-4.2.4.tar.Z
-Patch: ncompress-4.2.4-make.patch
+Patch0: ncompress-4.2.4-make.patch
+Patch1: ncompress-4.2.4-lfs.patch
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 
 %description
@@ -21,20 +22,21 @@ which are compatible with the original UNIX compress utility.
 %prep
 
 %setup -q
-%patch -p1
+%patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 
 %ifarch i386 i486 i586 i686
-make "RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ENDIAN=4321
+make "RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE" ENDIAN=4321
 %endif
 
 %ifarch sparc m68k armv4l ppc s390 s390x
-make "RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ENDIAN=1234
+make "RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE" ENDIAN=1234
 %endif
 
 %ifarch alpha ia64
-make "RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DNOALLIGN=0" ENDIAN=4321
+make "RPM_OPT_FLAGS=$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DNOALLIGN=0 -D_GNU_SOURCE" ENDIAN=4321
 %endif
 
 %install
@@ -59,6 +61,17 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc LZW.INFO README
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jun 09 2001 Florian La Roche <Florian.LaRoche@redhat.de>
+- s390x change
+
+* Tue May  8 2001 Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>
+- Make it support large files (structs, stats, opens and of course:
+  _don't use signed longs for file size before and after compression_.)
+  This should fix #39470
+
+* Thu Apr 26 2001 Florian La Roche <Florian.LaRoche@redhat.de>
+- add s390x, patch from Oliver Paukstadt <oliver.paukstadt@millenux.com>
+
 * Mon Nov 13 2000 Oliver Paukstadt <oliver.paukstadt@millenux.com>
 - add s390 to the bigendian arch list