diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 6deb654..bc50034 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-sed-4.1.4.tar.gz
-sed-4.1.5.tar.gz
+sed-4.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sed-4.2.1-dummyparam.diff b/sed-4.2.1-dummyparam.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55c9197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sed-4.2.1-dummyparam.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- sed-4.2.1/sed/sed.c	2009-06-03 21:10:51.000000000 +0200
++++ sed-4.2.1_copy/sed/sed.c	2009-06-30 14:12:28.000000000 +0200
+@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ main(argc, argv)
+   char **argv;
+ {
+ #ifdef REG_PERL
+-#define SHORTOPTS "bsnrRuEe:f:l:i::V:"
++#define SHORTOPTS "cbsnrRuEe:f:l:i::V:"
+ #else
+-#define SHORTOPTS "bsnruEe:f:l:i::V:"
++#define SHORTOPTS "cbsnruEe:f:l:i::V:"
+ #endif
+-
++/* -c --copy is just a dummy param to keep backward compatibility */
+   static struct option longopts[] = {
+     {"binary", 0, NULL, 'b'},
+     {"regexp-extended", 0, NULL, 'r'},
+@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
+     {"unbuffered", 0, NULL, 'u'},
+     {"version", 0, NULL, 'v'},
+     {"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
++    {"copy", 0, NULL, 'c'},
+ #ifdef ENABLE_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS
+     {"follow-symlinks", 0, NULL, 'F'},
+ #endif
diff --git a/sed.spec b/sed.spec
index 0b606d3..89da414 100644
--- a/sed.spec
+++ b/sed.spec
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
 
 Summary: A GNU stream text editor
 Name: sed
-Version: 4.1.5
-Release: 12%{?dist}
+Version: 4.2.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group: Applications/Text
 URL: http://sed.sourceforge.net/
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/sed/sed-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: http://sed.sourceforge.net/sedfaq.txt
-Patch0: sed-4.1.5-utf8performance.patch
-Patch1: sed-4.1.5-follow.patch
-Patch2: sed-4.1.5-copy.patch
+Patch0: sed-4.2.1-dummyparam.diff
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
 Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
@@ -30,8 +28,6 @@ specified in a script file or from the command line.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %configure --without-included-regex
@@ -70,6 +66,12 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_mandir}/man*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 29 2009  Jiri Moskovcak <jmoskovc@redhat.com> - 4.2.1-1
+- new version
+- obsoletes previous patches
+- added patch to maintain backwards compatibility for scripts using -c/--copy
+- Resolves: #502934
+
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 4.1.5-12
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 18f881e..fbb079b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7a1cbbbb3341287308e140bd4834c3ba  sed-4.1.5.tar.gz
+f0fd4d7da574d4707e442285fd2d3b86  sed-4.2.1.tar.gz