diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 6ec1f27..9e838a1 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-URI-1.12.tar.bz2
+URI-1.17.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-URI.spec b/perl-URI.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 3828a4b..0000000
--- a/perl-URI.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-%define name perl-URI
-%define real_name URI
-%define version 1.12
-%define release 5
-
-Summary: 	URI module for perl (World_Wide_Web_HTML_HTTP_CGI/URI)
-Name: 		%{name}
-Version: 	%{version}
-Release: 	%{release}
-License: 	GPL or Artistic
-Group: 		System Environment/Libraries
-Source: 	http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/GAAS/%{real_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Prefix: 	%{_prefix}
-Url: 		http://www.cpan.org
-BuildRequires:	perl
-BuildArch: 	noarch
-BuildRoot: 	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-buildroot/
-Requires: 	perl >= 5.6.0
-
-%description
-Perl module which implements the URI class. Object of this class
-represent Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) references as specified
-in RFC 2396.
-
-Needed by eGrail
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n %{real_name}-%{version}
-
-%build
-%{__perl} Makefile.PL PREFIX=%{prefix}
-make OPTIMIZE="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" PREFIX=%{prefix}
-make test
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-%makeinstall PREFIX=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix} INSTALLMAN1DIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1
-
-%clean 
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%doc Changes MANIFEST README rfc2396.txt
-%{_libdir}/perl5/site_perl/*/URI.pm
-%{_libdir}/perl5/site_perl/*/URI
-%{_mandir}/*/*
-
-%changelog
-* Thu Jul 18 2001 Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher@redhat.com> 1.12-4
-- imported from mandrake. tweaked man path.
-
-* Sat Jul 07 2001 Stefan van der Eijk <stefan@eijk.nu> 1.12-3mdk
-- BuildRequires:	perl-devel
-
-* Tue Jul 03 2001 François Pons <fpons@mandrakesoft.com> 1.12-2mdk
-- fixed reference to perl version number explicitely.
-- added missing files in packages (?!).
-
-* Thu Jun 21 2001 Christian Belisle <cbelisle@mandrakesoft.com> 1.12-1mdk
-- 1.12.
-- Clean up spec a little bit
-- Needed by eGrail.
-- Macronize a little bit more.
-
-* Sun Jun 17 2001 Geoffrey Lee <snailtalk@mandrakesoft.com> 1.10-2mdk
-- Rebuild for the latest perl.
-
-* Tue Jan 30 2001 François Pons <fpons@mandrakesoft.com> 1.10-1mdk
-- 1.10.
-
-* Tue Aug 29 2000 François Pons <fpons@mandrakesoft.com> 1.09-1mdk
-- 1.09.
-
-* Thu Aug 03 2000 François Pons <fpons@mandrakesoft.com> 1.08-1mdk
-- macroszifications.
-- update requires on perl version.
-- noarch as no compilation done.
-- added documentation.
-- updated description.
-- 1.08.
-
-* Tue Jun 27 2000 Jean-Michel Dault <jmdault@mandrakesoft.com> 1.07-1mdk
-- update to 1.07
-
-* Fri Mar 31 2000 Pixel <pixel@mandrakesoft.com> 1.05-2mdk
-- new group, rebuild, cleanup
-
-* Tue Feb 29 2000 Jean-Michel Dault <jmdault@netrevolution.com>
-- upgraded to 1.05
-
-* Mon Jan  3 2000 Jean-Michel Dault <jmdault@netrevolution.com>
-- final cleanup for Mandrake 7
-
-* Thu Dec 30 1999 Jean-Michel Dault <jmdault@netrevolution.com>
-- rebuilt for Mandrake 7
-
-* Sun Aug 29 1999 Jean-Michel Dault <jmdault@netrevolution.com?
-- bzip2'd sources
-- updated to 1.04
-
-* Tue May 11 1999 root <root@alien.devel.redhat.com>
-- Spec file was autogenerated. 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2a16659..d99612c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c9d1eceef526f79cef925b9434ae56dc  URI-1.12.tar.bz2
+86ef92d7e84019ae44e0c4445b5fcf40  URI-1.17.tar.gz