diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index a05fdbf..9151d97 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-xz-4.999.8beta.tar.gz
+xz-4.999.8beta.20090817git.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 277250f..85dbddb 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f00967331a487e88d51207fe17c56f52  xz-4.999.8beta.tar.gz
+d0065a7471d2d069e2c56242c653f36a  xz-4.999.8beta.20090817git.tar.gz
diff --git a/xz.spec b/xz.spec
index 2495a3a..58fdfdd 100644
--- a/xz.spec
+++ b/xz.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+%define git_date 20090817
+
 Summary:	LZMA compression utilities
 Name:		xz
 Version:	4.999.8
-Release:	0.7.beta%{?dist}
+Release:	0.8.beta.%{git_date}git%{?dist}
 License:	LGPLv2+
 Group:		Applications/File
-Source0:	http://tukaani.org/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}beta.tar.gz
+# source created as "make dist" in checked out GIT tree
+Source0:	http://tukaani.org/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}beta.%{git_date}git.tar.gz
 URL:		http://tukaani.org/%{name}/
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Requires:	%{name}-libs = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} INSTALL="%{__install} -p"
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.a
 rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/*.la
+rm -rf %{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/%{name}
 
 %check
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/src/liblzma/.libs make check
@@ -102,6 +106,11 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 17 2009 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> 4.999.8-0.8.beta.20090817git
+- update to latest GIT
+- fixes data corruption in encoder (#517806)
+- man page for xz and other improvements
+
 * Fri Jul 17 2009 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 4.999.8-0.7.beta
 - tweak summary
 - add %%check section (<tibbs@math.uh.edu>)