diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 034fe8c..69b7022 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hdf5-1.6.7.tar.gz
+hdf5-1.6.8.tar.gz
diff --git a/hdf5-1.6.6-tail.patch b/hdf5-1.6.6-tail.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e30b77e..0000000
--- a/hdf5-1.6.6-tail.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- hdf5-1.6.6/tools/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in.tail	2007-10-17 10:37:38.000000000 -0600
-+++ hdf5-1.6.6/tools/h5dump/testh5dump.sh.in	2007-10-17 10:38:26.000000000 -0600
-@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
-         nerrors="`expr $nerrors + 1`"
-     else
- 	# Skip the first three lines, which are label lines, before cmp.
--        if tail +4l $expect | $CMP - $actual; then
-+        if tail -n +4 $expect | $CMP - $actual; then
- 	    echo " PASSED"
-         else
- 	    echo "*FAILED*"
diff --git a/hdf5.spec b/hdf5.spec
index f0e7abf..f9eca57 100644
--- a/hdf5.spec
+++ b/hdf5.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: hdf5
-Version: 1.6.7
+Version: 1.6.8
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: A general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data
 License: BSD
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ URL: http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
 Source0: ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/current16/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch1: hdf5-1.6.4-destdir.patch
 Patch2: hdf5-1.6.4-norpath.patch
-Patch3: hdf5-1.6.6-tail.patch
 Patch5: hdf5-1.6.4-ppc.patch
 Patch7: hdf5-1.6.5-x86_64.patch
 Patch8: hdf5-1.6.5-sort.patch
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ HDF5 development headers and libraries.
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .destdir
 %patch2 -p1 -b .norpath
-%patch3 -p1 -b .tail
 %patch5 -p1 -b .ppc
 %patch7 -p1 -b .x86_64
 %patch8 -p1 -b .sort
@@ -105,6 +103,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Nov 15 2008 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> 1.6.8-1
+- Update to 1.6.8
+
 * Wed May 28 2008 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> 1.6.7-1
 - Update to 1.6.7
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d0b7985..9313fd6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-79027c67188e2e4131c5573771f477ce  hdf5-1.6.7.tar.gz
+a822babf2810b509cc6779de739debd3  hdf5-1.6.8.tar.gz