diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f9dbd9a..9e122d1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,41 @@ Changes in version 1.12.3
     allowed characters in 'repository.get_srpm_pckname_from_site()'.
     (Problem pointed out by Silvan Calarco.)
 
++ update
+  * conf/03-apse.conf - Stefano Cotta Ramusino:
+    Add 'apse_enabled' array to enable/disable a specific APSE site.
+    Add new sites for APSE:
+     . http://directory.fsf.org
+     . http://launchpad.net
+
+  * lib/libapse.lib - Stefano Cotta Ramusino:
+    Update Copyright messages.
+
++ bugfix
+  * conf/03-apse.conf - Stefano Cotta Ramusino:
+    Fix scraping values in APSE arrays for following sites:
+     . http://fileforum.betanews.com
+     . http://linux.softpedia.com
+     . http://www.gnomefiles.org -> http://gnomefiles.org
+     . http://freshmeat.net -> http://freecode.com
+
+  * lib/libapse.lib - Stefano Cotta Ramusino:
+    apse.cmpversion(): some versioning methods use next letter of the alphabet
+    for new version so compare versions alphabetically if there're still
+    letters after comparison based on 'precedence' array.
+
+  * lib/libspec.lib - Stefano Cotta Ramusino:
+    rpmvars.solve(): passing rpmvars to "rpm --eval" to expand compound rpm
+    variables such as %{majorminor}.
+
++ improvement
+  * lib/libapse.lib - Stefano Cotta Ramusino:
+    Modify debug output to get it more readable.
+
+  * pck-update - Stefano Cotta Ramusino:
+    Action 3: generate correct download URL getting new version from action 2
+    or from command line parameter.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in version 1.12.2
diff --git a/plugins/pck-update.in b/plugins/pck-update.in
index adf123b..2ddeadb 100644
--- a/plugins/pck-update.in
+++ b/plugins/pck-update.in
@@ -1078,14 +1078,16 @@ check if a new version is available""${NORM}"
          if [ "$APSE_LAST_VERSION" ]; then
             pck_newver="$APSE_LAST_VERSION"
             notify.debug "pck_newver = $pck_newver"
-
-            echo "SPEC_VERSION_FORCED=\"$pck_newver\"" > $infofile
-            rpmvars.init --clear
          fi
       ;;
       3) notify.note "[${NOTE}step $step${NORM}] -- ${NOTE}"$"\
 download new source files""${NORM}"
 
+         if [ -n "$pck_newver" ]; then
+            echo "SPEC_VERSION_FORCED=\"$pck_newver\"" > $infofile
+            rpmvars.init --clear
+         fi   
+
          infofile.create
          . $infofile