diff -Nru autospec-1.4.4.orig/lib/libapse.lib.in autospec-1.4.4/lib/libapse.lib.in
--- autospec-1.4.4.orig/lib/libapse.lib.in	2008-12-18 23:01:10.000000000 +0100
+++ autospec-1.4.4/lib/libapse.lib.in	2009-01-02 13:45:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 
    local ARGS
    ARGS=`LANG=C getopt -o han:s:w:p:u: \
-      --long help,allurl,pckname:,specname:,pckurl:,proxy:,proxy-user: \
+      --long help,allurl,pckname:,specname:,pckurl:,pckurlverbatim:,proxy:,proxy-user: \
       -n "$FUNCNAME" -- "$@"`
    [ $? = 0 ] || notify.error $"\
 (bug)"" -- $FUNCNAME: "$"\`getopt' error"
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@
          pckurl="$2"; shift
          notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pckurl = \"$pckurl\""
       ;;
+      -v|--pckurlverbatim)
+         pckurlverbatim="$2"; shift
+         notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: pckurlverbatim = \"$pckurlverbatim\""
+      ;;
       -p|--proxy)
          proxy="$2"; shift
          notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: proxy = \"$proxy\""
@@ -291,12 +295,11 @@
    local curr_curl_proxy_opts="\
 ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy}${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}"
 
-   # sourceforge.net, sf.net
 
+   # sourceforge.net, sf.net
    local prj_name prj_group_id
 
    if [ "$(echo $pckurl | grep "sourceforge.net\|sf.net")" ]; then
-      notify.note $"looking at"" <${NOTE}http://sourceforge.net${NORM}>..."
 
       prj_name=$(echo "$pckurl" | sed -n 's,.*/\(.*\)/.*,\1,p')
       [ "$prj_name" ] || notify.error $"\
@@ -364,11 +367,48 @@
             fi
          fi
       fi
+
+   else
+
+      # SOURCE url based search
+      notify.note $"looking at"" "$"source0 base directory..."
+      local pckurldir="`dirname $pckurl`/"
+      local pcknameverbatim=`basename $pckurlverbatim`
+
+      curr_curl_url="\
+$pckurldir"
+      notify.debug "curl $curr_curl_proxy_opts -s -L \"$curr_curl_url\""
+
+      curl $curr_curl_proxy_opts -s -L "$curr_curl_url" > $fcurlout
+      let "retval = $?"
+      case "$retval" in
+      0) ;;
+      6) notify.warning $"couldn't resolve host" ;;
+      7) notify.warning $"failed to connect to host" ;;
+      *) notify.warning $"curl error (exit code: $retval)" ;;
+      esac
+
+      local pcknameregexp=$(echo $pcknameverbatim | sed "\
+            s,%[{]*name[}]*,$specname,
+	    s,%{.*}*,[^[:space:]-]*,")
+
+      if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+
+         new_version=$(\
+grep -i "$pcknameregexp" $fcurlout | sed "\
+            s,.*\($pcknameregexp\).*,\1,g
+            s/\.[^0-9].*//  # remove trailing stuff (.tar.gz, ...)
+            s/.*-\([0-9]*.*\)/\1/              # <pck_name>-<pck_ver>
+            s/.*_\([0-9]*.*\)/\1/              # <pck_name>_<pck_ver>
+            s/.+\([0-9]\..*\)/\1/g  # <pck_name><pck_ver>
+            " | sort -t. -n -r -k1 -k2 -k3 -k4 -k5 -k6 -k7 -k8 -k9 -k10| head -n1)
+
+      fi
    fi
 
    if [ "$new_version" ]; then
-      notify.note "* "$"found version:"" \`${NOTE}$new_version${NORM}'"
-      last_version="$new_version"
+       notify.note "* "$"found version:"" \`${NOTE}$new_version${NORM}'"
+       last_version="$new_version"
    fi
 
    # check at the other supported web sites...
diff -Nru autospec-1.4.4.orig/plugins/pck-update.in autospec-1.4.4/plugins/pck-update.in
--- autospec-1.4.4.orig/plugins/pck-update.in	2009-01-01 23:01:36.000000000 +0100
+++ autospec-1.4.4/plugins/pck-update.in	2009-01-01 23:04:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -1253,9 +1253,13 @@
          unset SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME
          specfile.getvars SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME
 
+         unset SPEC_SOURCE0_VERBATIM
+         specfile.getvars --verbatim SPEC_SOURCE0
+
          apse.scrapeversion \
             --pckname "$SPEC_SOURCE0_PCKNAME" \
             --pckurl "${SPEC_SOURCE[0]}" \
+	    --pckurlverbatim "${SPEC_SOURCE0_VERBATIM}" \
             --specname "$SPEC_NAME" \
             ${proxy:+ --proxy $proxy} \
             ${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user $proxy_user}