diff --git a/file/file.spec b/file/file.spec
index 6fdd19de6c..5809984ad0 100644
--- a/file/file.spec
+++ b/file/file.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [BASE]
 Group:        Filesystem
 License:      BSD
 Version:      3.39
-Release:      20020814
+Release:      20021010
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Source0:      ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
 BuildRoot:    %{l_buildroot}
-BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206, gcc
-PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20020206
+BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20021002, gcc, make, zlib
+PreReq:       OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20021002
 AutoReq:      no
 AutoReqProv:  no
 
@@ -54,9 +54,16 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     %setup -q
 
 %build
+    %{l_shtool} subst \
+        -e 's;ACLOCAL=aclocal;ACLOCAL=true;' \
+        -e 's;AUTOCONF=autoconf;AUTOCONF=true;' \
+        -e 's;AUTOMAKE=automake;AUTOMAKE=true;' \
+        -e 's;AUTOHEADER=autoheader;AUTOHEADER=true;' \
+        configure
     CC="%{l_cc}" \
-    CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O} -I%{prefix}/include" \
-    LDFLAGS="-L%{prefix}/lib" \
+    CFLAGS="%{l_cflags -O} -I%{l_prefix}/include" \
+    CPPFLAGS="%{l_cppflags}" \
+    LDFLAGS="%{l_ldflags}" \
     ./configure \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
         --datadir=%{l_prefix}/share/file \