diff --git a/backport-Remove-libtool-la-symlinks.patch b/backport-Remove-libtool-la-symlinks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..288d1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-Remove-libtool-la-symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 4936c42b4d8ed68af45fe220d24b2a69baaf9676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Florian Festi <ffesti@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:13:13 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] brp-remove-la-files: Remove symlinks, too
+
+As we check for file contents delete symlink before looking at regular
+files.
+
+Resolves: #3304
+---
+ scripts/brp-remove-la-files | 12 +++++++++---
+ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/scripts/brp-remove-la-files b/scripts/brp-remove-la-files
+index 58c513bf88..0e6e58f31a 100755
+--- a/scripts/brp-remove-la-files
++++ b/scripts/brp-remove-la-files
+@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ if [ -z "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" ] || [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" = "/" ]; then
+   exit 0
+ fi
+ 
+-find "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -type f -name '*.la' 2>/dev/null -print0 |
+-  xargs -0 grep --fixed-strings '.la - a libtool library file' --files-with-matches --null |
+-  xargs -0 rm --force
++# Check and remove symlinks first then regular files
++for FILETYPE in l f
++do
++
++  find "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" -type $FILETYPE -name '*.la' 2>/dev/null -print0 |
++    xargs -0 grep --fixed-strings '.la - a libtool library file' --files-with-matches --null |
++    xargs -0 rm --force
++
++done
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 95bf940..0cc6ef2 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Name:          rpm
 Version:       4.18.2
-Release:       15
+Release:       16
 Summary:       RPM Package Manager
-License:       GPLv2+
-URL:           http://www.rpm.org/
-Source0:       http://ftp.rpm.org/releases/rpm-4.18.x/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       GPL-2.0-or-later
+URL:           https://rpm.org/
+Source0:       https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/rpm/releases/rpm-4.18.x/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 Patch1: Unbundle-config-site-and-add-RPM-LD-FLAGS-macro.patch
 Patch2: rpm-4.12.0-rpm2cpio-hack.patch
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Patch6023: backport-Make-sure-dirs-are-not-relocated-twice.patch
 Patch6024: backport-Fix-root-relocation-regression.patch
 Patch6025: backport-Fix-crash-on-Lua-file-trigger-exiting-with-return-ed.patch
 Patch6026: backport-Fix-V-option-usage-in-our-tests.patch
+Patch6027: backport-Remove-libtool-la-symlinks.patch
 
 Patch9000: Add-digest-list-plugin.patch
 Patch9001: Add-IMA-digest-list-support.patch
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ Obsoletes: apidocs
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{name}-%{version} -p1
 %ifnarch sw_64
-%patch10 -R -p1
+%patch -P10 -R -p1
 %endif
 
 %build
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ done;
 
 %install
 %make_install
+%delete_la
 
 mkdir -p ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily
 install -m 755 scripts/rpm.daily ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/cron.daily/rpm
@@ -206,12 +208,13 @@ cp -va ndb/. $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/lib/rpm/
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la"|xargs rm -f
-
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_rpmconfigdir}/{perldeps.pl,perl.*,pythond*}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_fileattrsdir}/{perl*,python*}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_rpmconfigdir}/{tcl.req,osgideps.pl}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/org.rpm.conf
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/fsverity.so
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/dbus_announce.so
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man8/rpm-plugin-dbus-announce.8*
 
 %check
 %ifnarch loongarch64
@@ -222,14 +225,6 @@ make check || (cat tests/rpmtests.log; exit 0)
 make clean
 %endif
 
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%post libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
 %posttrans
 {
     set -e
@@ -245,7 +240,6 @@ make clean
 } &
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %license COPYING
 %doc CREDITS
 /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/rpm.conf
@@ -274,10 +268,12 @@ make clean
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/rpm2cpio.sh
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/tgpg
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/platform
-%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/
-%exclude %{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/systemd_inhibit.so
-%exclude %{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/fsverity.so
-%exclude %{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/dbus_announce.so
+%dir %{_libdir}/rpm-plugins
+%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/digest_list.so
+%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/ima.so
+%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/prioreset.so
+%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/selinux.so
+%{_libdir}/rpm-plugins/syslog.so
 %dir %{_rpmconfigdir}/fileattrs
 %{_bindir}/rpm
 %{_bindir}/rpm2archive
@@ -294,14 +290,13 @@ make clean
 %{_libdir}/librpm*.so.9*
 
 %files build
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/rpmbuild
 %{_bindir}/gendiff
 %{_bindir}/rpmspec
 %{_mandir}/man1/gendiff.1*
-%{_mandir}/man8/rpmbuild.8.gz
-%{_mandir}/man8/rpmdeps.8.gz
-%{_mandir}/man8/rpmspec.8.gz
+%{_mandir}/man8/rpmbuild.8*
+%{_mandir}/man8/rpmdeps.8*
+%{_mandir}/man8/rpmspec.8*
 
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/brp-*
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/check-*
@@ -316,12 +311,10 @@ make clean
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/config.*
 
 %files -n python3-%{name}
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{name}/
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{name}-%{version}*.egg-info
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/rpmgraph
 %{_libdir}/librp*[a-z].so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{name}.pc
@@ -332,17 +325,19 @@ make clean
 %{_mandir}/man8/rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit.8*
 
 %files help
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc docs/manual/[a-z]*
 %doc docs/librpm/html/*
 %{_mandir}/man8/rpm*.8*
 %exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit.8*
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpm-plugin-dbus-announce.8*
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpmbuild.8.gz
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpmdeps.8.gz
-%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpmspec.8.gz
+%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpmbuild.8*
+%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpmdeps.8*
+%exclude %{_mandir}/man8/rpmspec.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 18 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 4.18.2-16
+- Remove symlinks towards libtool .la also
+- cleanup spec
+
 * Wed Sep 11 2024 luhuaxin <luhuaxin1@huawei.com> - 4.18.2-15
 - Fix the log level of IMA digest_list
 
diff --git a/rpm.yaml b/rpm.yaml
index d9e879c..0dc616e 100644
--- a/rpm.yaml
+++ b/rpm.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: github
 src_repo: "rpm-software-management/rpm"
 tag_prefix: "^rpm-"
-seperator: _
+separator: _