diff --git a/ncompress-4.2.4-filenamelen.patch b/ncompress-4.2.4-filenamelen.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 67676c7..0000000
--- a/ncompress-4.2.4-filenamelen.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
---- ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c.filenamelen	Wed Nov 21 12:19:38 2001
-+++ ncompress-4.2.4/compress42.c	Wed Nov 21 12:20:03 2001
-@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
- #include	<sys/types.h>
- #include	<sys/stat.h>
- #include	<errno.h>
-+#include        <string.h>
- 
- #ifdef DIRENT
- #	include	<dirent.h>
-@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@
- #	define	OBUFSIZ	BUFSIZ	/* Default output buffer size							*/
- #endif
- 
--#define MAXPATHLEN 1024		/* MAXPATHLEN - maximum length of a pathname we allow 	*/
-+#define MAXPATHLEN PATH_MAX 		/* MAXPATHLEN - maximum length of a pathname we allow 	*/
- #define	SIZE_INNER_LOOP		256	/* Size of the inter (fast) compress loop			*/
- 
- 							/* Defines for third byte of header 					*/
-@@ -641,13 +642,11 @@
- 	} ;
- #endif
- 
--void  	main			ARGS((int,char **));
- void  	Usage			ARGS((void));
- void  	comprexx		ARGS((char **));
- void  	compdir			ARGS((char *));
- void  	compress		ARGS((int,int));
- void  	decompress		ARGS((int,int));
--char  	*rindex			ARGS((char *,int));
- void  	read_error		ARGS((void));
- void  	write_error		ARGS((void));
- void 	abort_compress	ARGS((void));
-@@ -694,13 +693,15 @@
-  *   deterministic, and can be done on the fly.  Thus, the decompression
-  *   procedure needs no input table, but tracks the way the table was built.
-  */ 
--void
-+int
- main(argc, argv)
- 	REG1	int 	 argc;
- 	REG2	char	*argv[];
- 	{
-     	REG3	char		**filelist;
- 		REG4	char		**fileptr;
-+                int i;
-+                
- 
-     	if (fgnd_flag = (signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN) != SIG_IGN))
- 			signal(SIGINT, (SIG_TYPE)abort_compress);
-@@ -714,7 +715,14 @@
-     	nomagic = 1;	/* Original didn't have a magic number */
- #endif
- 
--    	filelist = fileptr = (char **)malloc(argc*sizeof(char *));
-+        for(i=0;i<argc;i++){
-+            if(strlen(argv[i])>(MAXPATHLEN-1)){
-+                fprintf(stderr,"Filename too long\n");
-+                exit(1);
-+            }
-+        }
-+
-+        filelist = fileptr = (char **)malloc(argc*sizeof(char *));
-     	*filelist = NULL;
- 
-     	if((progname = rindex(argv[0], '/')) != 0)
-@@ -853,8 +861,9 @@
- 			else
- 				decompress(0, 1);
- 		}
--
-+        
- 		exit((exit_code== -1) ? 1:exit_code);
-+                return 0;
- 	}
- 
- void
-@@ -1801,20 +1810,6 @@
- 			write_error();
- 	}
- 
--char *
--rindex(s, c)		/* For those who don't have it in libc.a */
--	REG1 char	*s;
--	REG2 int	 c;
--	{
--		char *p;
--
--		for (p = NULL; *s; s++)
--		    if (*s == (char)c)
--				p = s;
--
--		return(p);
--	}
--
- void
- read_error()
- 	{
diff --git a/ncompress-4.2.4.4-filenamelen.patch b/ncompress-4.2.4.4-filenamelen.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49b7841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncompress-4.2.4.4-filenamelen.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+diff --git a/compress42.c b/compress42.c
+index b3b3add..6878046 100644
+--- a/compress42.c
++++ b/compress42.c
+@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
+ #include	<sys/types.h>
+ #include	<sys/stat.h>
+ #include	<errno.h>
++#include	<string.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef DIRENT
+ #	include	<dirent.h>
+@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@
+ #	define	OBUFSIZ	BUFSIZ	/* Default output buffer size							*/
+ #endif
+ 
+-#define MAXPATHLEN 1024		/* MAXPATHLEN - maximum length of a pathname we allow 	*/
++#define MAXPATHLEN PATH_MAX 		/* MAXPATHLEN - maximum length of a pathname we allow 	*/
+ #define	SIZE_INNER_LOOP		256	/* Size of the inter (fast) compress loop			*/
+ 
+ 							/* Defines for third byte of header 					*/
+@@ -701,6 +702,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
+ 	{
+     	REG3	char		**filelist;
+ 		REG4	char		**fileptr;
++	int i;
+ 
+     	if (fgnd_flag = (signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN) != SIG_IGN))
+ 			signal(SIGINT, (SIG_TYPE)abort_compress);
+@@ -714,13 +716,18 @@ main(argc, argv)
+     	nomagic = 1;	/* Original didn't have a magic number */
+ #endif
+ 
+-    	filelist = (char **)malloc(argc*sizeof(char *));
++	for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
++		if (strlen(argv[i])>(MAXPATHLEN-1)) {
++			fprintf(stderr,"Filename too long\n");
++			exit(1);
++		}
++	}
++	filelist = fileptr = (char **)malloc(argc*sizeof(char *));
+     	if (filelist == NULL)
+ 		{
+ 			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot allocate memory for file list.\n");
+ 			exit (1);
+ 		}
+-    	fileptr = filelist;
+     	*filelist = NULL;
+ 
+     	if((progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) != 0)
+@@ -860,7 +867,9 @@ nextarg:	continue;
+ 				decompress(0, 1);
+ 		}
+ 
++		free(filelist);
+ 		exit((exit_code== -1) ? 1:exit_code);
++		return 0;
+ 	}
+ 
+ void
diff --git a/ncompress.spec b/ncompress.spec
index 3bf9cd0..468f3ea 100644
--- a/ncompress.spec
+++ b/ncompress.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ Patch0: ncompress-4.2.4.4-make.patch
 # ~> downstream
 Patch1: ncompress-4.2.4.4-lfs.patch
 
-Patch2: ncompress-4.2.4-filenamelen.patch
+# exit when too long filename is given (do not segfault)
+# ~> #unknown
+# ~> downstream
+Patch2: ncompress-4.2.4.4-filenamelen.patch
+
 Patch3: ncompress-2GB.patch
 Patch4: ncompress-4.2.4-zerobyteforce.patch
 Patch5: ncompress-4.2.4-bssUnderflow.patch