diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 072960f..5e3c25e 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-389-admin-1.1.9.tar.bz2
+389-admin-1.1.10.a1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/389-admin-git-local.sh b/389-admin-git-local.sh
index 2916ee8..14a3cfa 100755
--- a/389-admin-git-local.sh
+++ b/389-admin-git-local.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
-TAG=389-admin-1.1.9
-CVSTAG=three89Admin_1_1_9
-VERSION=1.1.9
+VERSION=1.1.10.a1
 PKGNAME=389-admin
+TAG=${TAG:-$PKGNAME-$VERSION}
 SRCNAME=${PKGNAME}-${VERSION}
-CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.fedoraproject.org:/cvs/dirsec
 echo you must be in the admin server git repo to use this
-git status > /dev/null || echo bye
+test -d .git || {echo bye ; exit 1 }
 if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
 	dir=.
 else
 	dir="$1"
 fi
-git archive --format=tar --prefix=$SRCNAME/ $TAG | ( cd $dir ; tar xf - ; cd $SRCNAME ; cvs -d "$CVSROOT" -z3 export -r$CVSTAG mod_admserv mod_restartd ; cd .. ; tar cfj $dir/$SRCNAME.tar.bz2 $SRCNAME )
-rm -rf $dir/$SRCNAME
+git archive --prefix=$SRCNAME/ $TAG | bzip2 > $dir/$SRCNAME.tar.bz2
diff --git a/389-admin-git.sh b/389-admin-git.sh
index d827a65..d954158 100755
--- a/389-admin-git.sh
+++ b/389-admin-git.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
-TAG=HEAD
-VERSION=1.1.7
+VERSION=1.1.10.a1
 PKGNAME=389-admin
-export URL=git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/389/admin.git
 #SRCNAME=$PKGNAME-$VERSION-$DATE
 SRCNAME=$PKGNAME-$VERSION
+TAG=${PKGNAME}-${VERSION}
+URL="http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=389/admin.git;a=snapshot;h=$TAG;sf=tgz"
 
-git clone $URL
-cd admin.git
-git archive --prefix=$SRCNAME/ $TAG | bzip2 > $SRCNAME.tar.bz2
-#cvs -d "$CVSROOT" -z3 export -r$CVSTAG -d $SRCNAME adminserver
-#cd $SRCNAME
-#cvs -d "$CVSROOT" -z3 export -r$CVSTAG mod_admserv mod_restartd
-#cd ..
+wget -O $SRCNAME.tar.gz "$URL"
 
-#tar -cjf $SRCNAME.tar.bz2 $SRCNAME
+echo convert tgz format to tar.bz2 format
 
-cd ..
-rm -rf admin.git
+gunzip $PKGNAME-$VERSION.tar.gz
+bzip2 $PKGNAME-$VERSION.tar
diff --git a/389-admin.spec b/389-admin.spec
index 1a03994..59984d4 100644
--- a/389-admin.spec
+++ b/389-admin.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-%define pkgname   dirsrv
+%global pkgname   dirsrv
+# for a pre-release, define the prerel field - comment out for official release
+%global prerel .a1
+# also need the relprefix field for a pre-release - also comment out for official release
+%global relprefix 0.
 
 Summary:          389 Administration Server (admin)
 Name:             389-admin
-Version:          1.1.9
-Release:          1%{?dist}
+Version:          1.1.10
+Release:          %{?relprefix}1%{?prerel}%{?dist}
 License:          GPLv2 and ASL 2.0
 URL:              http://port389.org/
 Group:            System Environment/Daemons
@@ -34,7 +38,7 @@ Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig
 Requires(preun): /sbin/chkconfig
 Requires(preun): /sbin/service
 
-Source0:          http://port389.org/sources/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source0:          http://port389.org/sources/%{name}-%{version}%{?prerel}.tar.bz2
 # 389-admin-git.sh should be used to generate the source tarball from git
 Source1:          %{name}-git.sh
 Patch1:           f11-httpd.patch
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ be used through a web browser.  It provides the authentication, access control,
 and CGI utilities used by the console.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{?prerel}
 %patch1
 
 %build
@@ -153,6 +157,9 @@ end
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct  8 2009 Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com> - 1.1.10.a1-1
+- the 1.1.10.a1 release
+
 * Mon Sep 14 2009 Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com> - 1.1.9-1
 - the 1.1.9 release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 63cc2ec..d48c81b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1f84413babbcd29035b8707f2ee9cea1  389-admin-1.1.9.tar.bz2
+b0fb7b83b06513cbe9b31c6195ea5202  389-admin-1.1.10.a1.tar.bz2