diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index b4e116a..504c9eb 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-RRD-Simple-1.43.tar.gz
+RRD-Simple-1.44.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-RRD-Simple.spec b/perl-RRD-Simple.spec
index 849e8e3..1033446 100644
--- a/perl-RRD-Simple.spec
+++ b/perl-RRD-Simple.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:     perl-RRD-Simple
-Version:  1.43
-Release:  3%{?dist}
+Version:  1.44
+Release:  1%{?dist}
 Summary:  Simple interface to create and store data in RRD files
 
 Group:    Development/Libraries
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@ if you do not need to, nor want to, bother defining custom RRA definitions.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n RRD-Simple-%{version}
 
+# note we first filter out the bits in _docdir...
+cat << \EOF > %{name}-prov
+#!/bin/sh
+FOO=`perl -p -e 's|%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}\S+||'`
+%{__perl_provides} $FOO
+EOF
+
+%define __perl_provides %{_builddir}/RRD-Simple-%{version}/%{name}-prov
+chmod +x %{__perl_provides}
+
+cat << \EOF > %{name}-req
+#!/bin/sh
+%{__perl_requires} `perl -p -e 's|\S+%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}\S+||'`
+EOF
+
+%define __perl_requires %{_builddir}/RRD-Simple-%{version}/%{name}-req
+chmod +x %{__perl_requires}
+
 
 %build
 # prevent call-home query/timeout.  not strictly necessary
@@ -60,12 +78,15 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc Changes INSTALL LICENSE NOTICE README examples/
+%doc Changes INSTALL LICENSE NOTICE README examples/ t/
 %{perl_vendorlib}/*
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Aug 03 2008 Chris Weyl <cweyl@alumni.drew.edu> 1.44-1
+- update to 1.44
+
 * Thu Mar 06 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> - 1.43-3
 Rebuild for new perl
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3ab41c4..e85ca00 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e3b21efd7b6f0a36cd665149109459d3  RRD-Simple-1.43.tar.gz
+cddfd8b22310946974af7762e1778a7e  RRD-Simple-1.44.tar.gz