diff --git a/autodist-upstream-updates b/autodist-upstream-updates
index bd697e3..e0522ae 100755
--- a/autodist-upstream-updates
+++ b/autodist-upstream-updates
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # autodist upstream updates - find upstream packages updates from different internet resources
-# Copyright (c) 2004-2016 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2021 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 #
 
 #[ -r /etc/sysconfig/openmamba-central ] || { 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ get_job_vector() {
    local JNAME_ESCAPED=`echo $JNAME | tr - _ | tr . _ | tr @ _`
 
    # resolve JOB_NAME from distdb
-   local jobtmpfile=`tempfile`
+   local jobtmpfile=`mktemp`
    # hack to get an array variable named as $j assigned to the JOB array
    echo "echo \${$JNAME_ESCAPED[*]}" > $jobtmpfile
    JOB=(`. $jobtmpfile`)
@@ -285,33 +285,34 @@ if [ ! "$skip_parsing" ]; then
    #parse_gnome
    #parse_distromatic
    /usr/share/autodist/repology-openmamba.py > $UPDATES_DB.tmp
+   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      #cat $tmpfile | sort -uf > $UPDATES_DB.tmp
+      #rm -f $tmpfile
 
-   #cat $tmpfile | sort -uf > $UPDATES_DB.tmp
-   #rm -f $tmpfile
-
-   > $UPDATES_DB
-   unset lastpkg
-   while read pkg ver upsource alias; do
-      # skip updates to unstable versions
-      unset found_beta
-      for b in alpha beta rc "~"; do
-         [ "${ver/$b}" != "${ver}" ] && found_beta=1
-      done
-      [ "$found_beta" ] && continue
-      if [ "$pkg" = "$lastpkg" ]; then
-#      echo "Warning: duplicate found: $pkg lastver: $lastver ver: $ver" >&2
-         version_find_bigger $lastver $ver
-         vercmp=$?
-         if [ $vercmp -eq 2 ]; then
-            sed -i "/^$lastpkg $lastver /d" $UPDATES_DB
+      > $UPDATES_DB
+      unset lastpkg
+      while read pkg ver upsource alias; do
+         # skip updates to unstable versions
+         unset found_beta
+         for b in alpha beta rc "~"; do
+            [ "${ver/$b}" != "${ver}" ] && found_beta=1
+         done
+         [ "$found_beta" ] && continue
+         if [ "$pkg" = "$lastpkg" ]; then
+#         echo "Warning: duplicate found: $pkg lastver: $lastver ver: $ver" >&2
+            version_find_bigger $lastver $ver
+            vercmp=$?
+            if [ $vercmp -eq 2 ]; then
+               sed -i "/^$lastpkg $lastver /d" $UPDATES_DB
+               echo "$pkg $ver $upsource $alias" >> $UPDATES_DB
+            fi
+         else
             echo "$pkg $ver $upsource $alias" >> $UPDATES_DB
          fi
-      else
-         echo "$pkg $ver $upsource $alias" >> $UPDATES_DB
-      fi
-      lastpkg=$pkg
-      lastver=$ver
-   done < $UPDATES_DB.tmp
+         lastpkg=$pkg
+         lastver=$ver
+      done < $UPDATES_DB.tmp
+   fi
    rm -f $UPDATES_DB.tmp
 fi
 
diff --git a/repology-openmamba.py b/repology-openmamba.py
index 767b1ca..95de6f8 100755
--- a/repology-openmamba.py
+++ b/repology-openmamba.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
+#
+# repology-openmamba.py - find upstream packages updates from repology.org
+# Copyright (c) 2021 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+#
 
 import json, urllib.request, time
 
@@ -6,6 +10,10 @@ import json, urllib.request, time
 with open("/var/ftp/pub/openmamba/devel/legacy") as f:
     legacy_packages = f.read().splitlines()
 
+with open("/var/ftp/pub/openmamba/devel/ignore") as f:
+    data = json.loads(f.read())
+    ignored_packages = data["repology"]
+
 from_package = ""
 while True:
     #print("fetching https://repology.org/api/v1/projects/" + from_package + "?inrepo=openmamba&outdated=1")
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ while True:
         newest_repos = []
         for p in data[k]:
             if p["repo"] == "openmamba" and openmamba_srcname is None:
-                if not p["srcname"] in legacy_packages:
+                if not p["srcname"] in legacy_packages and not p["srcname"] in ignored_packages:
                     openmamba_version = p["version"]
                     openmamba_srcname = p["srcname"]
             elif p["status"] == "newest":