diff --git a/net-snmp.spec b/net-snmp.spec
index 24ce120..c8f4ed0 100644
--- a/net-snmp.spec
+++ b/net-snmp.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Summary: A collection of SNMP protocol tools and libraries
 Name: net-snmp
 Version: %{major_ver}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 
 License: BSD and MIT
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Patch2: net-snmp-5.5-dir-fix.patch
 Patch3: net-snmp-5.5-multilib.patch
 Patch4: net-snmp-5.5-sensors3.patch
 
-Requires(pre): chkconfig
 Requires(post): chkconfig
 Requires(preun): chkconfig
 # for /sbin/service
@@ -43,15 +42,14 @@ BuildRequires: libselinux-devel, elfutils-libelf-devel, rpm-devel
 BuildRequires: perl-devel, perl(ExtUtils::Embed), gawk, procps
 BuildRequires: python-devel, python-setuptools
 BuildRequires: chrpath
+# for netstat, needed by 'make tests'
+BuildRequires: net-tools
 %ifnarch s390 s390x
 BuildRequires: lm_sensors-devel >= 3
 %endif
 %if %{tcp_wrappers}
 BuildRequires: tcp_wrappers-devel
 %endif
-BuildRequires: perl, coreutils, grep, sed, findutils
-
-#%define __libtoolize /bin/true
 
 %description
 SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used for
@@ -150,8 +148,6 @@ Net-SNMP toolkit library.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{major_ver}
-# TODO: check, there is /etc/mtab in net-snmp-config.h on all architectures
-# %patch1 -p1 -b .mnttab
 
 %ifnarch ia64
 %patch1 -p1 -b .pie
@@ -161,15 +157,7 @@ Net-SNMP toolkit library.
 %patch3 -p1 -b .multilib
 %patch4 -p1 -b .sensors
 
-# Do this patch with a perl hack...
-perl -pi -e "s|'\\\$install_libdir'|'%{_libdir}'|" ltmain.sh
-
 %build
-%ifarch ia64 x86_64 s390x ppc64 sparc64
-export LDFLAGS="-L%{_libdir}"
-%endif
-export LIBDIR="%{_libdir}"
-
 MIBS="host agentx smux \
      ucd-snmp/diskio tcp-mib udp-mib mibII/mta_sendmail \
      ip-mib/ipv4InterfaceTable ip-mib/ipv6InterfaceTable \
@@ -177,18 +165,15 @@ MIBS="host agentx smux \
      ip-mib/ipDefaultRouterTable/ipDefaultRouterTable \
      ip-mib/ipv6ScopeZoneIndexTable ip-mib/ipIfStatsTable \
      sctp-mib rmon-mib etherlike-mib"
+
 %ifnarch s390 s390x
+# there are no lm_sensors on s390
 MIBS="$MIBS ucd-snmp/lmsensorsMib"
 %endif
 
 %configure \
     --disable-static --enable-shared \
     --with-cflags="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -D_RPM_4_4_COMPAT" \
-%ifnarch s390 s390x
-    --with-ldflags="$LDFLAGS -lcrypto -lsensors" \
-%else
-    --with-ldflags="$LDFLAGS -lcrypto" \
-%endif
     --with-sys-location="Unknown" \
     --with-logfile="/var/log/snmpd.log" \
     --with-persistent-directory="/var/lib/net-snmp" \
@@ -207,7 +192,6 @@ MIBS="$MIBS ucd-snmp/lmsensorsMib"
     --enable-mfd-rewrites \
     --enable-local-smux \
     --with-sys-contact="root@localhost" <<EOF
-
 EOF
 
 # remove rpath from libtool
@@ -217,14 +201,15 @@ sed -i 's|^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH|runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE|g' libtool
 # the package is not %_smp_mflags safe
 make
 
-# remove rpath from perl libs
+# remove rpath from compiled perl libs
 find perl/blib -type f -name "*.so" -print -exec chrpath --delete {} \;
 
+# compile python module
 pushd python
-# built python module building
 %{__python} setup.py --basedir="../" build
 popd
 
+
 %install
 rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 make install DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
@@ -237,7 +222,7 @@ basearch=i386
 
 %ifarch %{multilib_arches}
 # Do an net-snmp-config.h switcheroo to avoid file conflicts on systems where you
-# can have both a 32- and 64-bit version of the library, and they each need
+# can have both a 32- and 64-bit version of the library, as they each need
 # their own correct-but-different versions of net-snmp-config.h to be usable.
 mv ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/net-snmp-config ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/net-snmp-config-${basearch}
 install -m 755 %SOURCE5 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/net-snmp-config
@@ -245,9 +230,6 @@ mv ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_includedir}/net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 install -m644 %SOURCE4 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_includedir}/net-snmp/net-snmp-config.h
 %endif
 
-# remove .la files
-rm  ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/*.la
-
 install -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/snmp
 install -m 644 %SOURCE1 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/snmp/snmpd.conf
 install -m 644 %SOURCE6 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/snmp/snmptrapd.conf
@@ -267,9 +249,10 @@ install -d ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_localstatedir}/lib/net-snmp
 rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/snmpinform
 ln -s snmptrap ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/usr/bin/snmpinform
 rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/snmpcheck
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/fixproc
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man1/fixproc*
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/ipf-mod.pl
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/fixproc
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_mandir}/man1/fixproc*
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_bindir}/ipf-mod.pl
+rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 # remove docs that do not apply to Linux
 rm -f README.aix README.hpux11 README.osX README.Panasonic_AM3X.txt README.solaris README.win32
@@ -277,7 +260,7 @@ rm -f README.aix README.hpux11 README.osX README.Panasonic_AM3X.txt README.solar
 # copy missing mib2c.conf files
 install -m 644 local/mib2c.*.conf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/snmp
 
-# instal perl module
+# adjust the perl module
 pushd perl
 eval $(perl '-V:installvendorarch')
 
@@ -317,6 +300,11 @@ done
 # remove executable bit from documentation samples
 chmod 644 local/passtest local/ipf-mod.pl
 
+
+%check
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}/%{_libdir} make test
+
+
 %post
 /sbin/chkconfig --add snmpd 
 /sbin/chkconfig --add snmptrapd
@@ -324,6 +312,7 @@ chmod 644 local/passtest local/ipf-mod.pl
 # move local state files from /var/net-snmp to new location when updating the package
 /bin/mv %{_localstatedir}/net-snmp/* %{_localstatedir}/lib/net-snmp/ &>/dev/null || :
 
+
 %preun
 if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
     service snmpd stop >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -332,6 +321,7 @@ if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
     /sbin/chkconfig --del snmptrapd
 fi
 
+
 %postun
 if [ "$1" -ge "1" ]; then
     service snmpd condrestart >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
@@ -419,6 +409,12 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_datadir}/snmp/mibs/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 25 2009 Jan Safranek <jsafrane@redhat.com>  1:5.5-3
+- prepare the .spec file for review
+- run automatic regression suite after the compilation of the package
+  to check for obvious regressions
+- remove unnecessary package dependencies
+
 * Tue Nov 24 2009 Jan Safranek <jsafrane@redhat.com>  1:5.5-2
 - introduce /etc/sysconfig/snmptrapd. Use it to specify snmptrapd command
   line options.  /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.options is not used anymore (#540799)