diff --git a/octave-tar.patch b/octave-tar.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb9600c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/octave-tar.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -r d1db86336a49 scripts/miscellaneous/tar.m
+--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/tar.m	Thu Aug 11 02:41:36 2011 -0500
++++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/tar.m	Thu Aug 11 10:56:18 2011 -0600
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+     files = cellstr (files);
+   endif
+ 
+-  if (ischar (tarfile) && iscellstr (files) && ischar (root))
++  if !(ischar (tarfile) && iscellstr (files) && ischar (root))
+     error ("tar: all arguments must be character strings");
+   endif
+ 
diff --git a/octave-xzip.patch b/octave-xzip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e0e881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/octave-xzip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -r d1db86336a49 scripts/miscellaneous/private/__xzip__.m
+--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/private/__xzip__.m	Thu Aug 11 02:41:36 2011 -0500
++++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/private/__xzip__.m	Thu Aug 11 14:28:45 2011 -0600
+@@ -80,14 +80,16 @@
+              commandname, status);
+     endif
+ 
+-    if (nargout > 0)
+-      if (nargin == 5)
++    if (nargin == 5)
++      if (nargout > 0)
+         entries = cellfun(
+             @(x) fullfile (outdir, sprintf ("%s.%s", x, extension)),
+             f, "uniformoutput", false);
+-      else
+-        movefile (cellfun(@(x) sprintf ("%s.%s", x, extension), f,
+-                          "uniformoutput", false), cwd);
++      endif
++    else
++      movefile (cellfun(@(x) sprintf ("%s.%s", x, extension), f,
++                        "uniformoutput", false), cwd);
++      if (nargout > 0)
+         ## FIXME this does not work when you try to compress directories
+         entries  = cellfun(@(x) sprintf ("%s.%s", x, extension),
+                            files, "uniformoutput", false);
diff --git a/octave.spec b/octave.spec
index a7a23a0..20afd67 100644
--- a/octave.spec
+++ b/octave.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:           octave
 Version:        3.4.2
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        A high-level language for numerical computations
 Epoch:          6
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@ Source0:        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        macros.octave
 # Don't include <curl/types.h> which isn't used and is missing on newer versions of libcurl
 Patch0:		octave-3.4.2-curl.patch
+# https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?33988
+# Fix tar argument handling
+Patch1:         octave-tar.patch
 # https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?32839
 # Fix building packages from directories
 Patch2:         octave-3.4.0-pkgbuilddir.patch
+# https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?33993
+# Fix xzip
+Patch3:         octave-xzip.patch
 URL:            http://www.octave.org
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
@@ -73,7 +79,9 @@ This package contains documentation for Octave.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .curl
+%patch1 -p1 -b .tar
 %patch2 -p1 -b .pkgbuilddir
+%patch3 -p1 -b .xzip
 
 # Check permissions
 find -name *.cc -exec chmod 644 {} \;
@@ -98,7 +106,8 @@ then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-make OCTAVE_RELEASE="Fedora %{version}-%{release}" %{?_smp_mflags}
+# smp builds failing as of 3.4.2
+make OCTAVE_RELEASE="Fedora %{version}-%{release}"
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
@@ -244,6 +253,11 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 11 2011 Orion Poplawski <orion[AT]cora.nwra com> - 6:3.4.2-2
+- Drop smp build - seems to be failing
+- Add patch to fix tar argument handling
+- Add patch to fix xzip
+
 * Sat Aug 06 2011 Jussi Lehtola <jussilehtola@fedoraproject.org> - 6:3.4.2-1
 - Update to 3.4.2.
 
@@ -263,7 +277,6 @@ fi
 - Fix multilib installs
 - Re-enable prelinking, seems to work
 - Add patch to enable building packages from directories
->>>>>>> c9d48722b5642ad74c3504a69163771eb4b11d9d
 
 * Wed Feb 23 2011 Orion Poplawski <orion[AT]cora.nwra com> - 6:3.4.0-4
 - Update rpm macros per FPC comments