diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c29be96..7bad311 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 # xalan-c
 
+Xalan is an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types.
+
+Xalan-C++ is a robust implementation of the W3C Recommendations for XSL Transformations (XSLT) and the XML Path Language (XPath).
+
diff --git a/xalan-c-1.10.0-gcc-43.patch b/xalan-c-1.10.0-gcc-43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbd36c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xalan-c-1.10.0-gcc-43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+diff -ur xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/PlatformSupport/DirectoryEnumerator.hpp xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/PlatformSupport/DirectoryEnumerator.hpp
+--- xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/PlatformSupport/DirectoryEnumerator.hpp	2005-05-05 00:32:04.000000000 +0000
++++ xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/PlatformSupport/DirectoryEnumerator.hpp	2007-12-29 18:36:08.000000000 +0000
+@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
+ #if !defined(DIRECTORY_ENUMERATOR_HEADER_GUARD_1357924680)
+ #define DIRECTORY_ENUMERATOR_HEADER_GUARD_1357924680
+ 
+-
+-
+ // Base header file.  Must be first.
+ #include <xalanc/PlatformSupport/PlatformSupportDefinitions.hpp>
+ 
+@@ -36,6 +34,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <functional>
+ #include <iterator>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ 
+ #include "xercesc/framework/MemoryManager.hpp"
+diff -ur xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XalanDOM/XalanDOMString.cpp xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XalanDOM/XalanDOMString.cpp
+--- xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XalanDOM/XalanDOMString.cpp	2005-08-08 15:25:52.000000000 +0000
++++ xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XalanDOM/XalanDOMString.cpp	2007-12-29 18:25:29.000000000 +0000
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ #include <cassert>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ 
+ 
+diff -ur xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XalanExe/XalanExe.cpp xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XalanExe/XalanExe.cpp
+--- xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XalanExe/XalanExe.cpp	2005-04-29 21:39:46.000000000 +0000
++++ xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XalanExe/XalanExe.cpp	2007-12-29 18:41:19.000000000 +0000
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ #include <cstdlib>
++#include <cstring>
+ #if defined(XALAN_CLASSIC_IOSTREAMS)
+ #include <iostream.h>
+ #else
+diff -ur xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XMLSupport/FormatterToHTML.cpp xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XMLSupport/FormatterToHTML.cpp
+--- xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XMLSupport/FormatterToHTML.cpp	2005-06-30 21:52:35.000000000 +0000
++++ xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XMLSupport/FormatterToHTML.cpp	2007-12-29 18:26:53.000000000 +0000
+@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
+ 
+ 
+ #include <cassert>
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ 
+ 
+diff -ur xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XSLT/ElemNumber.cpp xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XSLT/ElemNumber.cpp
+--- xalan.old/c/src/xalanc/XSLT/ElemNumber.cpp	2005-07-26 20:09:17.000000000 +0000
++++ xalan-1.10/c/src/xalanc/XSLT/ElemNumber.cpp	2007-12-29 18:30:55.000000000 +0000
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
+  */
+ #include "ElemNumber.hpp"
+ 
+-
++#include <cstring>
+ 
+ #include <xercesc/sax/AttributeList.hpp>
+ 
diff --git a/xalan-c.spec b/xalan-c.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b504f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xalan-c.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+%define        libname  lib%{name}
+%define        pckver   %(echo %version | tr '.' '_')
+
+Name:          xalan-c
+Version:       1.10.0
+Release:       3mamba
+Summary:       An XSLT processor in C++
+Group:         Development/Tools
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org>
+URL:           http://xml.apache.org/xalan-c
+Source:        http://www.apache.org/dist/xml/xalan-c/source/Xalan-C_%{pckver}-src.tar.gz
+Patch0:        %{name}-1.10.0-gcc-43.patch
+License:       Apache License 2.0
+BuildRequires: libxerces-c-devel
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+Xalan is an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into HTML, text, or other XML document types.
+
+Xalan-C++ is a robust implementation of the W3C Recommendations for XSL Transformations (XSLT) and the XML Path Language (XPath).
+
+%package -n %{libname}
+Summary:       Library for an XSLT processor in C++
+Group:         System/Libraries
+
+%description -n %{libname}
+Library for an XSLT processor in C++.
+
+%package -n %{libname}-devel
+Summary:       Static libraries and headers for %{libname}
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Requires:      %{libname} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description -n %{libname}-devel
+Library for an XSLT processor in C++.
+
+This package contains static libraries and header files need for development.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n xml-xalan
+%patch0 -p1
+
+# use optflags in runConfigure
+for runconf in $(find -name runConfigure); do
+   sed -i -e "s/-O2 \(-DNDEBUG\)/%{optflags} \1/g" $runconf
+done
+
+%build
+export XERCESCROOT=%{_includedir}/xercesc
+export XALANCROOT=$(pwd)/c
+export ICUROOT=%{_prefix}
+
+pushd c
+autoreconf --install --force
+./runConfigure \
+   -p linux \
+   -c %{_target_platform}-gcc \
+   -x %{_target_platform}-g++ \
+   -m inmem \
+   -t icu \
+   -r pthread \
+   -b 32 \
+   -P %{_prefix} \
+   -C --libdir="%{_libdir}"
+
+%make -j1
+popd
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+export XALANCROOT=$(pwd)/c
+%makeinstall -C c
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post   -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_bindir}/*
+%doc c/README c/LICENSE c/readme.html
+
+%files -n %{libname}
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+
+%files -n %{libname}-devel
+%defattr(-, root, root)
+%{_includedir}/xalanc
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+%doc c/xdocs
+
+%changelog
+* Sat Apr 28 2012 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.10.0-3mamba
+- rebuilt (added gcc 4.3 patch)
+
+* Thu Oct 18 2007 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.10.0-2mamba
+- rebuilt against libxerces-c 1.8.0
+
+* Fri Jun 08 2007 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org> 1.10.0-1mamba
+- package created by autospec