diff --git a/a2ps/a2ps.patch b/a2ps/a2ps.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 65e7cdfd05..0000000000
--- a/a2ps/a2ps.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-Index: lib/quotearg.c
---- lib/quotearg.c.orig	2000-01-19 09:19:48 +0100
-+++ lib/quotearg.c	2004-08-06 13:34:41 +0200
-@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
- #endif
- 
- #if HAVE_MBRTOWC && HAVE_WCHAR_H
-+#if defined(__hpux)
-+# include<sys/_mbstate_t.h>
-+#endif
- # include <wchar.h>
- #else
- # define iswprint(wc) 1
-Index: lib/strftime.c
---- lib/strftime.c.orig	2000-01-02 08:10:09 +0100
-+++ lib/strftime.c	2004-08-06 13:35:34 +0200
-@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
- 
- #if DO_MULTIBYTE
- # if HAVE_MBRLEN
-+#  if defined(__hpux)
-+#   include<sys/_mbstate_t.h>
-+#  endif
- #  include <wchar.h>
- # else
-    /* Simulate mbrlen with mblen as best we can.  */
-Index: lib/path-concat.c
---- lib/path-concat.c.orig	1999-10-10 20:34:46 +0200
-+++ lib/path-concat.c	2004-08-18 19:56:40 +0200
-@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
- #endif
- #include <sys/types.h>
- 
--char *malloc ();
--
- #ifndef DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
- # define DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR '/'
- #endif
-Index: etc/Makefile.in
---- etc/Makefile.in.orig	2000-02-24 18:55:34 +0100
-+++ etc/Makefile.in	2006-09-10 18:56:23 +0200
-@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
- lispdir = @lispdir@
- 
- 
--ogonkifydir = $(datadir)/ogonkify
-+ogonkifydir = $(datadir)/a2ps/ogonkify
- libpath = $(pkgdatadir)/sheets:$(pkgdatadir)/ps:$(pkgdatadir)/encoding:$(pkgdatadir)/afm:$(ogonkifydir)/afm:$(pkgdatadir)/ppd:$(pkgdatadir)/fonts:$(ogonkifydir)/fonts:$(pkgdatadir)
- 
- pkgdata_DATA = README
-Index: ogonkify/Makefile.in
---- ogonkify/Makefile.in.orig	2000-01-07 14:00:49 +0100
-+++ ogonkify/Makefile.in	2006-09-10 18:57:37 +0200
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
- 
- DESTDIR =
- 
--pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@
-+pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/a2ps/@PACKAGE@
- pkglibdir = $(libdir)/@PACKAGE@
- pkgincludedir = $(includedir)/@PACKAGE@
- 
-
-http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1170
-    a2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via
-    shell metacharacters in the filename.
-source: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/ports/print/a2ps-letter/files/patch-select.c?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
-
---- src/select.c.orig	Thu Dec 16 02:04:56 1999
-+++ src/select.c	Sat Aug 21 12:05:31 2004
-@@ -131,6 +131,36 @@
-   return 1;
- }
- 
-+/* escapes the name of a file so that the shell groks it in 'single' q.marks. 
-+   The resulting pointer has to be free()ed when not longer used. */
-+char *
-+shell_escape(const char *fn)
-+{
-+  size_t len = 0;
-+  const char *inp;
-+  char *retval, *outp;
-+
-+  for(inp = fn; *inp; ++inp)
-+    switch(*inp)
-+    {
-+      case '\'': len += 4; break;
-+      default:   len += 1; break;
-+    }
-+
-+  outp = retval = malloc(len + 1);
-+  if(!outp)
-+    return NULL; /* perhaps one should do better error handling here */
-+  for(inp = fn; *inp; ++inp)
-+    switch(*inp)
-+    {
-+      case '\'': *outp++ = '\''; *outp++ = '\\'; *outp++ = '\'', *outp++ = '\''; break;
-+      default:   *outp++ = *inp; break;
-+    }
-+  *outp = 0;
-+
-+  return retval;
-+}
-+
- /* What says file about the type of a file (result is malloc'd).  NULL
-   if could not be run.  */
- 
-@@ -144,11 +174,15 @@
-   if (IS_EMPTY (job->file_command))
-     return NULL;
- 
-+  filename = shell_escape(filename);
-+  if(filename == NULL)
-+    return NULL;
-   /* Call file(1) with the correct option */
--  command = ALLOCA (char, (2
-+  command = ALLOCA (char, (4
- 			   + strlen (job->file_command)
- 			   + ustrlen (filename)));
--  sprintf (command, "%s %s", job->file_command, (const char *) filename);
-+  sprintf (command, "%s '%s'", job->file_command, (const char *) filename);
-+  free(filename);
-   message (msg_tool, (stderr, "Reading pipe: `%s'\n", command));
-   file_out = popen (command, "r");
- 
diff --git a/a2ps/a2ps.spec b/a2ps/a2ps.spec
index 8dd90fb12f..ca1340a013 100644
--- a/a2ps/a2ps.spec
+++ b/a2ps/a2ps.spec
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 ##  SUCH DAMAGE.
 ##
 
-#   package version
-%define       V_major 4.13
-%define       V_minor b
-
 #   package information
 Name:         a2ps
 Summary:      Any to Postscript Conversion Tool
@@ -35,16 +31,15 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        BASE
 Group:        Postscript
 License:      GPL
-Version:      %{V_major}%{V_minor}
-Release:      20080101
+Version:      4.14
+Release:      20150117
 
 #   list of sources
-Source0:      ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/a2ps-%{V_major}%{V_minor}.tar.gz
-Patch0:       a2ps.patch
+Source0:      http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 #   build information
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20100101, psutils, flex, bison, config
-PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20100101, psutils
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20140101, psutils, flex, bison
+PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20140101, psutils
 
 %description
     a2ps is an Any to PostScript filter. It started as a Text to
@@ -56,23 +51,20 @@ PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20100101, psutils
 %track
     prog a2ps = {
         version   = %{version}
-        url       = ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/
+        url       = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/
         regex     = a2ps-(__VER__)\.tar\.gz
     }
 
 %prep
-    %setup -q -n a2ps-%{V_major}
-    %patch -p0
-    %{l_prefix}/bin/config install auxdir
+    %setup -q
 
 %build
-    ( echo "ac_cv_c_inline=no"
-    ) >config.cache
     CC="%{l_cc}" \
     CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O}" \
     ./configure \
-        --cache-file=./config.cache \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
+        --mandir=%{l_prefix}/man \
+        --infodir=%{l_prefix}/info \
         --sysconfdir=%{l_prefix}/etc/a2ps \
         --disable-shared \
         --disable-nls
@@ -81,7 +73,6 @@ PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20100101, psutils
 %install
     %{l_make} %{l_mflags} install AM_MAKEFLAGS="DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"
     rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/info/dir
-    rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/lib
     strip $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{l_prefix}/bin/* >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
     %{l_rpmtool} files -v -ofiles -r$RPM_BUILD_ROOT %{l_files_std}