diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c96550d..2ce497b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-/man-db-2.6.0.2.tar.gz
+/man-db-2.6.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/man-db-2.6.0.2-double-free.patch b/man-db-2.6.0.2-double-free.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d703cd..0000000
--- a/man-db-2.6.0.2-double-free.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -up trunk/src/filenames.c.double-free trunk/src/filenames.c
---- trunk/src/filenames.c.double-free	2011-01-10 21:02:05.000000000 +0100
-+++ trunk/src/filenames.c	2011-10-04 16:49:42.146071708 +0200
-@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ char *filename_info (const char *file, s
- 	char *slash = strrchr (manpage, '/');
- 	char *base_name;
- 
-+	memset (info, 0, sizeof (struct mandata));
-+
- #ifdef COMP_SRC
- 	struct compression *comp;
- #endif
diff --git a/man-db.crondaily b/man-db.crondaily
index a58aee7..efd25d6 100644
--- a/man-db.crondaily
+++ b/man-db.crondaily
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LOCKFILE=/var/lock/man-db.lock
 # happen is that they will temporarily corrupt the database
 [ -f $LOCKFILE ] && exit 0
 
-trap "{ rm -f $LOCKFILE ; exit 255; }" EXIT
+trap "{ rm -f $LOCKFILE ; exit 0; }" EXIT
 touch $LOCKFILE
 # create/update the mandb database
 mandb $OPTS
diff --git a/man-db.spec b/man-db.spec
index 9a9085c..35554e0 100644
--- a/man-db.spec
+++ b/man-db.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 Summary: Tools for searching and reading man pages
 Name: man-db
-Version: 2.6.0.2
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Version: 2.6.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 # project man-db  GPLv2+
 # Gnulib part     GPLv3+
 License: GPLv2+ and GPLv3+
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ Source1: man-db.crondaily
 Source2: man-db.sysconfig
 # Resolves: #655385 - use old format of nroff output
 Patch1: man-db-2.5.9-sgr.patch
-# Resolves: #702904 - double free or corruption
-Patch2: man-db-2.6.0.2-double-free.patch
 Buildroot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Obsoletes: man < 2.0
 Provides: man-pages-reader = %{version}
 Provides: man = %{version}
 BuildRequires: less
-Requires: less, coreutils, grep, groff-base, gzip, crontabs
+Requires: less, coreutils, grep, groff-base, gzip
 BuildRequires: gdbm-devel, groff, gettext, zlib-devel
 BuildRequires: libpipeline-devel
 
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ manual pages.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .sgr
-%patch2 -p1 -b .double-free
 
 %build
 %configure\
@@ -57,13 +54,6 @@ mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/man-db/* ./
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/zsoelim
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/man/man1/zsoelim.1
 
-# remove pages which are also in  man-pages-de
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/de/man1/zsoelim.1
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/de/man1/manpath.1
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/de/man5/manpath.5
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/de/man8/catman.8
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/de/man8/mandb.8
-
 # remove libtool archives
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/man-db/*.la
 
@@ -82,6 +72,10 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/sysconfig/man-db
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
+# update the man db after install or update
+%post
+/bin/bash %{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/man-db.cron
+
 %files -f %{name}.lang -f %{name}-gnulib.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc README man-db-manual.txt man-db-manual.ps docs/COPYING ChangeLog NEWS
@@ -113,12 +107,16 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man8/accessdb.8*
 %{_mandir}/man8/catman.8*
 %{_mandir}/man8/mandb.8*
-%lang(de)   %{_datadir}/man/de/man*/*
 %lang(es)   %{_datadir}/man/es/man*/*
 %lang(it)   %{_datadir}/man/it/man*/*
-%lang(ja)   %{_datadir}/man/ja/man*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 05 2012 Peter Schiffer <pschiffe@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-1
+- resolves: #790771
+  update to 2.6.1
+- resolves: #806086
+  removed hard-dependency on cron, update man db after install or update
+
 * Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.6.0.2-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fca4928..04fc5e9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2b41c96efec032d2b74ccbf2e401f93e  man-db-2.6.0.2.tar.gz
+79658e8695c7b9b3be1ee340d78a4692  man-db-2.6.1.tar.gz