diff --git a/development/ChangeLog b/development/ChangeLog
index 505c7c7813..c99048afc8 100644
--- a/development/ChangeLog
+++ b/development/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-09-21  Kayvan A. Sylvan  <kayvan@satyr.sylvan.com>
+
+	* lyx.spec.in: last cleanup
+
 2001-09-20  Kayvan A. Sylvan  <kayvan@satyr.sylvan.com>
 
 	* lyx.spec.in: another big rework, with input from many people.
diff --git a/development/lyx.spec.in b/development/lyx.spec.in
index b706f541e4..4a3e25c6df 100644
--- a/development/lyx.spec.in
+++ b/development/lyx.spec.in
@@ -39,16 +39,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" \
 ./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --mandir=%{_mandir} \
 	--bindir=%{_bindir} --datadir=%{_datadir} \
 	--without-warnings --with-included-string
-# The following check is to ensure that lyx RPMs generated on RH 6.X machines
-# with gcc-2.95 still run against older Redhat OS/compiler combinations.
-# It will eventually be ripped out.
-if [ -r /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 ]
-then
-	make CXX=g++ LYX_LIBS='/usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 -lforms -lXpm'
-else
-	make
-fi
-
+make
 
 %install
 unset LINGUAS || true
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 312efa6def..1b0e105737 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-09-21  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* sp_base.h: include <sys/types.h>
+
 2001-09-18  Angus Leeming  <a.leeming@ic.ac.uk>
 
 	* LColor.[Ch]: added graphicsbg to color enum and to ColorEntry.
diff --git a/src/sp_base.h b/src/sp_base.h
index 413251d333..05acee5453 100644
--- a/src/sp_base.h
+++ b/src/sp_base.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef SP_BASE_H
 #define SP_BASE_H
 
+// needed for pid_t typedef
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 class BufferParams;
 
 class SpellBase