--- ./build/pack.c.orig	2019-06-26 14:17:31.395985720 +0000

+++ ./build/pack.c	2019-10-02 11:31:05.908639084 +0000

@@ -743,11 +743,78 @@ static rpmRC packageBinary(rpmSpec spec,

     return rc;

 }

+static void trimChangelog(Header h)

+{

+    static int oneshot;

+    static int cuttime, minnum, maxnum;

+    rpm_count_t i, keep;

+    struct rpmtd_s timestd, namestd, textstd;

+    rpm_count_t count;

+

+    if (!oneshot) {

+	char *binarychangelogtrim = rpmExpand("%{?_binarychangelogtrim}", NULL);

+	oneshot = 1;

+	if (binarychangelogtrim && *binarychangelogtrim) {

+	    maxnum = atoi(binarychangelogtrim);

+	    binarychangelogtrim = strchr(binarychangelogtrim, ',');

+	    if (binarychangelogtrim)

+	      binarychangelogtrim++;

+	}

+	if (binarychangelogtrim && *binarychangelogtrim) {

+	    cuttime = atoi(binarychangelogtrim);

+	    binarychangelogtrim = strchr(binarychangelogtrim, ',');

+	    if (binarychangelogtrim)

+	      binarychangelogtrim++;

+	}

+	if (binarychangelogtrim && *binarychangelogtrim) {

+	    minnum = atoi(binarychangelogtrim);

+	    binarychangelogtrim = strchr(binarychangelogtrim, ',');

+	}

+    }

+    if (!cuttime && !minnum && !maxnum) {

+	return;

+    }

+

+    if (!headerGet(h, RPMTAG_CHANGELOGTIME, &timestd, HEADERGET_MINMEM))

+	return;

+    count = rpmtdCount(&timestd);

+    if ((!cuttime || count <= minnum) && (!maxnum || count <= maxnum)) {

+	rpmtdFreeData(&timestd);

+	return;

+    }

+    keep = count;

+    if (maxnum && keep > maxnum)

+	keep = maxnum;

+    if (cuttime) {

+	for (i = 0; i < keep; i++) {

+	    uint32_t *tp = rpmtdNextUint32(&timestd);

+	    if (i >= minnum && tp && *tp < cuttime)

+		break;

+	}

+	keep = i;

+    }

+    if (keep >= count) {

+	rpmtdFreeData(&timestd);

+	return;

+    }

+    headerGet(h, RPMTAG_CHANGELOGNAME, &namestd, HEADERGET_MINMEM);

+    headerGet(h, RPMTAG_CHANGELOGTEXT, &textstd, HEADERGET_MINMEM);

+    timestd.count = namestd.count = textstd.count = keep;

+    headerMod(h, &timestd);

+    headerMod(h, &namestd);

+    headerMod(h, &textstd);

+    rpmtdFreeData(&textstd);

+    rpmtdFreeData(&namestd);

+    rpmtdFreeData(&timestd);

+}

+

 rpmRC packageBinaries(rpmSpec spec, const char *cookie, int cheating)

 {

     rpmRC rc = RPMRC_OK;

     Package pkg;

+    trimChangelog(spec->packages->header);

+

     /* Run binary creation in parallel */

     #pragma omp parallel

     #pragma omp single

--- ./build/parseChangelog.c.orig	2019-06-26 14:17:31.395985720 +0000

+++ ./build/parseChangelog.c	2019-10-02 11:29:26.684840735 +0000

@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ static rpmRC addChangelog(Header h, ARGV

 	    goto exit;

 	}

+        /* workaround old suse oddity */

+        if (*s == '-' && s[1] == ' ') {

+            s += 2;

+        }

+

 	/* name */

 	name = s;

 	while (*s != '\0') s++;