diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 57d4b03..98c5f83 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-gdl-0.9pre4.tar.gz
+gdl-0.9pre5.tar.gz
diff --git a/gdl-0.9pre3-const.patch b/gdl-0.9pre3-const.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 10e2dc4..0000000
--- a/gdl-0.9pre3-const.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
---- gdl-0.9pre3/src/ncdf_att_cl.cpp.const	2006-11-22 10:15:39.000000000 -0700
-+++ gdl-0.9pre3/src/ncdf_att_cl.cpp	2006-11-22 10:16:59.000000000 -0700
-@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
- 	    ncdf_att_handle_error(e,status,"NCDF_ATTGET",ip);
- 
- 
--	    dimension dim((size_t *) &length, (size_t) 1);
-+	    dimension dim((const SizeT *) &length, (SizeT) 1);
- 	    DLongGDL* temp=new DLongGDL(dim, BaseGDL::NOZERO);
- 	    memcpy(&(*temp)[0],&(*ip),length*sizeof(int));	      
- 	    delete ip;
-@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
- 	  ncdf_att_handle_error(e,status,"NCDF_ATTGET",sp);
- 	  
- 	  
--	  dimension dim((size_t *) &length, (size_t) 1);
-+	  dimension dim((const SizeT *) &length, (SizeT) 1);
- 	  DIntGDL* temp=new DIntGDL(dim, BaseGDL::NOZERO);
- 	  
- 	  memcpy(&(*temp)[0],&(*sp),length*sizeof(short));	      
-@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
- 	    ncdf_att_handle_error(e,status,"NCDF_ATTGET",fp);
- 
- 
--	    dimension dim((size_t *) &length, (size_t) 1);
-+	    dimension dim((const SizeT *) &length, (SizeT) 1);
- 	    DFloatGDL* temp=new DFloatGDL(dim, BaseGDL::NOZERO);
- 
- 	    memcpy(&(*temp)[0],&(*fp),length*sizeof(float));	      
-@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
- 	  
- 	  ncdf_att_handle_error(e,status,"NCDF_ATTGET",dp);
- 	  
--	  dimension dim((size_t *) &length, (size_t) 1);
-+	  dimension dim((const SizeT *) &length, (SizeT) 1);
- 	  DDoubleGDL* temp=new DDoubleGDL(dim, BaseGDL::NOZERO);
- 	  
- 	  memcpy(&(*temp)[0],&(*dp),length*sizeof(double));	      	 
-@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
- 	  
- 	  ncdf_att_handle_error(e,status,"NCDF_ATTGET",bp);
- 	  
--	  dimension dim((size_t *) &length, (size_t) 1);
-+	  dimension dim((const SizeT *) &length, (SizeT) 1);
- 	  DByteGDL* temp=new DByteGDL(dim, BaseGDL::NOZERO);
- 	  
- 	  memcpy(&(*temp)[0],&(*bp),length*sizeof(unsigned char));	      	 
---- gdl-0.9pre3/src/ncdf_var_cl.cpp.const	2006-11-22 07:34:57.000000000 -0700
-+++ gdl-0.9pre3/src/ncdf_var_cl.cpp	2006-11-22 10:46:03.000000000 -0700
-@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
-     DStructGDL* inq=new DStructGDL(ncdf_varinq);
-     inq->InitTag("NAME",DStringGDL(var_name));
- 
--    dimension dim((size_t *) &var_ndims, (size_t) 1);
-+    dimension dim((const SizeT *) &var_ndims, (SizeT) 1);
-     DULongGDL* dims_res = new DULongGDL(dim, BaseGDL::NOZERO);
-     for( size_t i=0; i<var_ndims; ++i) {
-       (*dims_res)[ i] = var_dims[i];
-@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
- 
- 
-     size_t one=1;
--    dimension dim((size_t *) &one, (size_t) 1);
-+    dimension dim((const SizeT *) &one, (SizeT) 1);
-     if(var_type == NC_DOUBLE){
- 
-       double dvar;
-@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
- 
- 
- 
--	dimension dim(transposed_dim_length, var_ndims);
-+	dimension dim((const SizeT *) transposed_dim_length, (SizeT) var_ndims);
- 	if(var_type == NC_DOUBLE){
- 	  double* dvar=new double[array_size];
- 	  
-@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
- 	      transposed_dim_length[trans[i]]=cou[i];
- 	      array_size=array_size*cou[i];
- 	    }
--	    dimension dim(transposed_dim_length, var_ndims);
-+	    dimension dim((const SizeT *) transposed_dim_length, (SizeT) var_ndims);
- 	    if(var_type == NC_DOUBLE)
- 	      {
- 		double* dvar=new double[array_size];
-@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@
- 	      transposed_dim_length[trans[i]]=cou[i];
- 	      array_size=array_size*cou[i];
- 	    }
--	    dimension dim(transposed_dim_length, var_ndims);
-+	    dimension dim((const SizeT *) transposed_dim_length, (SizeT) var_ndims);
- 	    	  
- 	    if(var_type == NC_DOUBLE)
- 	      {
diff --git a/gdl-0.9pre3-python25.patch b/gdl-0.9pre3-python25.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c82c1f..0000000
--- a/gdl-0.9pre3-python25.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- gdl-0.9pre3/configure.python25	2006-11-22 07:58:06.000000000 -0700
-+++ gdl-0.9pre3/configure	2006-12-18 14:01:50.000000000 -0700
-@@ -20135,7 +20135,7 @@
-    queryfile=$ac_confdir/query_version.py
-    echo # tmp file auto (re)generated by GDL configure. Please delete > $queryfile
-    echo import sys >> $queryfile
--   echo print sys.version.split\(\'.\'\)\[0\]+\".\"+sys.version.split\(\'.\'\)\[1\] >> $queryfile
-+   echo print sys.version.split\(\)\[0\].split\(\'.\'\)\[0\]+\".\"+sys.version.split\(\)\[0\].split\(\'.\'\)\[1\] >> $queryfile
-    PYTHON_VERSION=`python $queryfile`
-    rm $queryfile
- fi
diff --git a/gdl.spec b/gdl.spec
index 0541049..1852ae1 100644
--- a/gdl.spec
+++ b/gdl.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 Name:           gdl
 Version:        0.9
-Release:        0.pre4.2%{?dist}
+Release:        0.pre5%{?dist}
 Summary:        GNU Data Language
 
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
 License:        GPL
 URL:            http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/
-Source0:        http://dl.sf.net/gnudata/%{name}-%{version}pre4.tar.gz
+Source0:        http://dl.sf.net/gnudata/%{name}-%{version}pre5.tar.gz
 Source1:        gdl.csh
 Source2:        gdl.sh
-Patch1:         gdl-0.9pre3-python25.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel, ncurses-devel
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ Systems Inc.
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}pre4
-%patch1 -p1 -b .python25
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}pre5
 
 
 %build
@@ -65,6 +63,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul  9 2007 - Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 0.9-0.pre5
+- Update to 0.9pre5
+
 * Tue May 22 2007 - Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 0.9-0.pre4.2
 - Rebuild for netcdf 3.6.2 with shared libraries
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4e494e3..1530ec6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-21f03676b44937b9cc855922618a73d2  gdl-0.9pre4.tar.gz
+d2a740ba633ff7ace23f452d34a9c42c  gdl-0.9pre5.tar.gz