diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index ba62123..9baabde 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-soprano-1.97.1-beta4.tar.bz2
+soprano-1.98.0-rc1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/soprano-1.97.1-glibc.patch b/soprano-1.97.1-glibc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e6088d5..0000000
--- a/soprano-1.97.1-glibc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up soprano-1.97.1-beta4/server/lockfile.cpp.glibc soprano-1.97.1-beta4/server/lockfile.cpp
---- soprano-1.97.1-beta4/server/lockfile.cpp.glibc	2007-10-10 14:07:21.000000000 -0500
-+++ soprano-1.97.1-beta4/server/lockfile.cpp	2007-11-10 15:11:51.000000000 -0600
-@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bool LockFile::aquireLock()
- {
-     releaseLock();
- 
--    d->fd = open( QFile::encodeName( d->path ).data(), O_WRONLY|O_CREAT );
-+    d->fd = (open)( QFile::encodeName( d->path ).data(), O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, S_IRWXU );
-     if ( d->fd == -1 ) {
-         qDebug() << "(LockFile) could not open" << d->path;
-         return false;
diff --git a/soprano-1.98.0-glibc.patch b/soprano-1.98.0-glibc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..033248c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soprano-1.98.0-glibc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ur soprano-1.98.0-rc1/server/lockfile.cpp soprano-1.98.0-rc1-glibc/server/lockfile.cpp
+--- soprano-1.98.0-rc1/server/lockfile.cpp	2007-11-22 11:09:02.000000000 +0100
++++ soprano-1.98.0-rc1-glibc/server/lockfile.cpp	2007-12-03 00:24:49.000000000 +0100
+@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
+         f.setPermissions( f.permissions() | QFile::WriteOwner );
+     }
+ 
+-    d->fd = open( QFile::encodeName( d->path ).data(), O_WRONLY|O_CREAT );
++    d->fd = open( QFile::encodeName( d->path ).data(), O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR );
+     if ( d->fd == -1 ) {
+         qDebug() << "(LockFile) could not open" << d->path << QString( "(%1)" ).arg( strerror( errno ) );
+         return false;
diff --git a/soprano.spec b/soprano.spec
index 4b5bccc..e16ac7d 100644
--- a/soprano.spec
+++ b/soprano.spec
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 
 # TODO: package apidocs (make apidox, BR doxygen and qt4-doc)
 
-%define beta -beta4
+%define beta -rc1
 
 Summary: Qt wrapper API to different RDF storage solutions
 Name:    soprano
-Version: 1.97.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 1.98.0
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 Group:   System Environment/Libraries
 License: LGPLv2+
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Source0: http://downloads.sf.net/soprano/soprano-%{version}%{?beta}.tar.bz2
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 # glibc/open issues
-Patch1: soprano-1.97.1-glibc.patch
+Patch1: soprano-1.98.0-glibc.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: redland-devel >= 1.0.6
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec 2 2007 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> 1.98.0-1
+- soprano-1.98.0 (soprano 2 rc 1)
+- update glibc/open patch
+
 * Sat Nov 10 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> 1.97.1-2
 - glibc/open patch
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a1ac241..fa8d09f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5a307d33c654ce3fbbe42b7ce6dec342  soprano-1.97.1-beta4.tar.bz2
+2166c6d1142a574880f31df885fd4804  soprano-1.98.0-rc1.tar.bz2