diff --git a/curl-7.14.1-nousr.patch b/curl-7.14.1-nousr.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc3b4f1..0000000
--- a/curl-7.14.1-nousr.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- curl-7.14.1/configure.ac.orig	2005-09-01 22:29:20.000000000 +0200
-+++ curl-7.14.1/configure.ac	2005-10-13 09:55:19.395539032 +0200
-@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@
-     PKGTEST="no"
-     PREFIX_OPENSSL=$OPT_SSL
-     LIB_OPENSSL="$PREFIX_OPENSSL/lib$libsuff"
--    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$LIB_OPENSSL"
-+    #LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$LIB_OPENSSL"
-     CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$PREFIX_OPENSSL/include/openssl -I$PREFIX_OPENSSL/include"
-     ;;
-   esac
-@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@
-      HAVECRYPTO="yes"
-      LIBS="-lcrypto $LIBS"
-      ],[
--     LDFLAGS="$CLEANLDFLAGS -L$LIB_OPENSSL"
-+     LDFLAGS="$CLEANLDFLAGS"
-      CPPFLAGS="$CLEANCPPFLAGS -I$PREFIX_OPENSSL/include/openssl -I$PREFIX_OPENSSL/include"
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto, CRYPTO_add_lock,[
-        HAVECRYPTO="yes"
---- curl-7.14.1/lib/Makefile.am.orig	2005-03-31 09:02:03.000000000 +0200
-+++ curl-7.14.1/lib/Makefile.am	2005-10-13 09:51:55.244574696 +0200
-@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
- 
- install-data-hook:
- 	@if test -n "@CURL_CA_BUNDLE@"; then \
--	  $(mkinstalldirs) `dirname $(DESTDIR)@CURL_CA_BUNDLE@`; \
--	  @INSTALL_DATA@ $(srcdir)/ca-bundle.crt $(DESTDIR)@CURL_CA_BUNDLE@; \
-+	  $(mkinstalldirs) `dirname $(prefix)/../@CURL_CA_BUNDLE@`; \
-+	  @INSTALL_DATA@ $(srcdir)/ca-bundle.crt $(prefix)/../@CURL_CA_BUNDLE@; \
-         fi
- 
- # this hook is mainly for non-unix systems to build even if configure
diff --git a/curl-7.15.0-curl_config-version.patch b/curl-7.15.0-curl_config-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c1a4fb3..0000000
--- a/curl-7.15.0-curl_config-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- curl-7.15.0/configure.ac.ver	2005-11-30 13:33:54.360624896 +0100
-+++ curl-7.15.0/configure.ac	2005-11-30 13:34:14.009637792 +0100
-@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
- 
- dnl
- dnl we extract the numerical version for curl-config only
--VERSIONNUM=`$SED -ne 's/^#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x\(.*\)/\1/p' ${srcdir}/include/curl/curlver.h`
-+VERSIONNUM=`$SED  -rne 's/^#define LIBCURL_VERSION_(MAJOR|MINOR|PATCH) ([^ ]*)$/\2/p' ${srcdir}/include/curl/curlver.h | xargs -n1 printf %02x; echo`
-+ 
- AC_SUBST(VERSIONNUM)
- 
- dnl Solaris pkgadd support definitions
diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 6d17eb6..d6452c6 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-%define ldap_version 2.3
+# get the current ldap library version to link against automatically
+%define ldap_version %(readlink %{_libdir}/libldap.so | sed 's,.*libldap-\\([0-9.]*\\)\\.so\\..*,\\1,')
 
 Summary: A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
 Name: curl 
 Version: 7.16.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: Applications/Internet
 Source: http://curl.haxx.se/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch0: curl-7.14.1-nousr.patch
-Patch1: curl-7.15.0-curl_config-version.patch
-Patch2: curl-7.15.3-multilib.patch
-Patch3: curl-7.16.0-privlibs.patch
+Patch1: curl-7.15.3-multilib.patch
+Patch2: curl-7.16.0-privlibs.patch
 URL: http://curl.haxx.se/
+Requires: openssl
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: openssl-devel, libtool, pkgconfig, libidn-devel
 
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ use cURL's capabilities internally.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q 
-%patch0 -p1 -b .nousr
-%patch1 -p1 -b .ver
-%patch2 -p1 -b .multilib
-%patch3 -p1 -b .privlibs
+%patch1 -p1 -b .multilib
+%patch2 -p1 -b .privlibs
 
 %build
 aclocal
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ if pkg-config openssl ; then
 	LDFLAGS=`pkg-config --libs openssl`; export LDFLAGS
 fi
 %configure --with-ssl=%{_prefix} --enable-ipv6 \
-	--with-ca-bundle=%{_sysconfdir}/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt \
+	--with-ca-bundle=%{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt \
 	--with-gssapi=%{_prefix}/kerberos --with-libidn \
 	--with-ldap-lib=libldap-%{ldap_version}.so.0 \
 	--with-lber-lib=liblber-%{ldap_version}.so.0 \
@@ -60,7 +58,15 @@ make CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-%makeinstall
+
+make INSTALL="%{__install} -p" \
+        prefix=%{buildroot}%{_prefix} \
+        includedir=%{buildroot}%{_includedir} \
+        libdir=%{buildroot}%{_libdir} \
+        bindir=%{buildroot}%{_bindir} \
+        mandir=%{buildroot}%{_mandir} \
+install
+
 rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libcurl.la
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/aclocal
 install -m 644 docs/libcurl/libcurl.m4 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/aclocal
@@ -99,6 +105,13 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/libcurl.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 15 2007 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> 7.16.2-4
+- another series of review fixes (#225671),
+  thanks to Paul Horwath
+- check version of ldap library automatically
+- don't use %%makeinstall and preserve timestamps
+- drop useless patches
+
 * Fri May 11 2007 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> 7.16.2-3
 - add automake BR to curl-devel to fix aclocal dir. ownership,
   thanks to Patrice Dumas