diff --git a/gsl-2.8-fix-linkage.patch b/gsl-2.8-fix-linkage.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..678f264f01f99e52668a08496c410ca609845985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsl-2.8-fix-linkage.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Nrup a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+--- a/Makefile.am	2018-11-27 22:51:13.000000000 +0100
++++ b/Makefile.am	2019-08-27 08:10:26.255435364 +0200
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ 
+ SUBDIRS = gsl utils sys test err bst const complex cheb block vector matrix permutation combination multiset sort ieee-utils cblas blas linalg eigen specfunc dht qrng rng randist fft poly fit multifit multifit_nlinear multilarge multilarge_nlinear filter movstat rstat statistics siman sum integration interpolation histogram ode-initval ode-initval2 roots multiroots min multimin monte ntuple diff deriv cdf wavelet bspline spblas spmatrix splinalg doc
+ 
+-SUBLIBS = block/libgslblock.la blas/libgslblas.la bspline/libgslbspline.la bst/libgslbst.la complex/libgslcomplex.la cheb/libgslcheb.la dht/libgsldht.la diff/libgsldiff.la deriv/libgslderiv.la eigen/libgsleigen.la err/libgslerr.la fft/libgslfft.la filter/libgslfilter.la fit/libgslfit.la histogram/libgslhistogram.la ieee-utils/libgslieeeutils.la integration/libgslintegration.la interpolation/libgslinterpolation.la linalg/libgsllinalg.la matrix/libgslmatrix.la min/libgslmin.la monte/libgslmonte.la multifit/libgslmultifit.la multifit_nlinear/libgslmultifit_nlinear.la multilarge/libgslmultilarge.la multilarge_nlinear/libgslmultilarge_nlinear.la multimin/libgslmultimin.la multiroots/libgslmultiroots.la ntuple/libgslntuple.la ode-initval/libgslodeiv.la ode-initval2/libgslodeiv2.la permutation/libgslpermutation.la combination/libgslcombination.la multiset/libgslmultiset.la poly/libgslpoly.la qrng/libgslqrng.la randist/libgslrandist.la rng/libgslrng.la roots/libgslroots.la siman/libgslsiman.la sort/libgslsort.la specfunc/libgslspecfunc.la movstat/libgslmovstat.la rstat/libgslrstat.la statistics/libgslstatistics.la sum/libgslsum.la sys/libgslsys.la test/libgsltest.la utils/libutils.la vector/libgslvector.la cdf/libgslcdf.la wavelet/libgslwavelet.la spmatrix/libgslspmatrix.la spblas/libgslspblas.la splinalg/libgslsplinalg.la
++SUBLIBS = block/libgslblock.la blas/libgslblas.la bspline/libgslbspline.la bst/libgslbst.la cblas/libgslcblas.la complex/libgslcomplex.la cheb/libgslcheb.la dht/libgsldht.la diff/libgsldiff.la deriv/libgslderiv.la eigen/libgsleigen.la err/libgslerr.la fft/libgslfft.la filter/libgslfilter.la fit/libgslfit.la histogram/libgslhistogram.la ieee-utils/libgslieeeutils.la integration/libgslintegration.la interpolation/libgslinterpolation.la linalg/libgsllinalg.la matrix/libgslmatrix.la min/libgslmin.la monte/libgslmonte.la multifit/libgslmultifit.la multifit_nlinear/libgslmultifit_nlinear.la multilarge/libgslmultilarge.la multilarge_nlinear/libgslmultilarge_nlinear.la multimin/libgslmultimin.la multiroots/libgslmultiroots.la ntuple/libgslntuple.la ode-initval/libgslodeiv.la ode-initval2/libgslodeiv2.la permutation/libgslpermutation.la combination/libgslcombination.la multiset/libgslmultiset.la poly/libgslpoly.la qrng/libgslqrng.la randist/libgslrandist.la rng/libgslrng.la roots/libgslroots.la siman/libgslsiman.la sort/libgslsort.la specfunc/libgslspecfunc.la movstat/libgslmovstat.la rstat/libgslrstat.la statistics/libgslstatistics.la sum/libgslsum.la sys/libgslsys.la test/libgsltest.la utils/libutils.la vector/libgslvector.la cdf/libgslcdf.la wavelet/libgslwavelet.la spmatrix/libgslspmatrix.la spblas/libgslspblas.la splinalg/libgslsplinalg.la
+ 
+ pkginclude_HEADERS = gsl_math.h gsl_pow_int.h gsl_nan.h gsl_machine.h gsl_mode.h gsl_precision.h gsl_types.h gsl_version.h gsl_minmax.h gsl_inline.h
+ 
diff --git a/gsl-2.7.tar.gz b/gsl-2.8.tar.gz
similarity index 47%
rename from gsl-2.7.tar.gz
rename to gsl-2.8.tar.gz
index 75fb995ecfebd56923b3fb6d9fdea368928e0d3f..e4b0cdb400c649bdb6736a583785b33772433893 100644
Binary files a/gsl-2.7.tar.gz and b/gsl-2.8.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/gsl.spec b/gsl.spec
index 9d2e3996da02f01fd33d95e154bef8b3568be500..c0707163b2dfa3920b88f5f9d009b18ee89f952f 100644
--- a/gsl.spec
+++ b/gsl.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 Name: gsl
-Version: 2.7
-Release: 3
+Version: 2.8
+Release: 1
 Summary: The GNU Scientific Library for numerical analysis
-URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
-License: GPLv3 and GFDL-1.3-or-later and BSD
-Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+URL: https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
+License: GPL-3.0-or-later
+Source: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 Patch0: gsl-test.patch
 # backport patch from Debian
 Patch1: backport-CVE-2024-50610.patch
+Patch3: gsl-2.8-fix-linkage.patch
 
-BuildRequires: gcc pkgconfig
-BuildRequires: chrpath
+BuildRequires: gcc
+BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool
 
 %description
 The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for
@@ -21,9 +22,6 @@ numerical analysis, written in C.
 Summary: Libraries and the header files for GSL development
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires(post): /sbin/install-info
-Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
-Requires: pkgconfig, automake
 
 %description devel
 The gsl-devel package contains the header files necessary for
@@ -42,41 +40,24 @@ mv THANKS.aux THANKS
 %ifarch aarch64 loongarch64
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -ffp-contract=off"
 %endif
-%configure
+autoreconf -fi
+%configure --disable-static
 %{make_build}
 
 %check
-make check || ( cat */test-suite.log && exit 1 )
+%make_build check || ( cat */test-suite.log && exit 1 )
 
 %install
 %{make_install}
-# remove unpackaged files from the buildroot
-%install_info_rm
-%delete_la_and_a
+%delete_la
 
 chrpath -d %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/gsl-randist
 chrpath -d %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/gsl-histogram
 
-%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
-
-%post devel
-if [ -f %{_infodir}/gsl-ref.info.gz ]; then
-    /sbin/install-info %{_infodir}/gsl-ref.info %{_infodir}/dir || :
-fi
-
-%preun devel
-if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
-    if [ -f %{_infodir}/gsl-ref.info.gz ]; then
-	/sbin/install-info --delete %{_infodir}/gsl-ref.info %{_infodir}/dir || :
-    fi
-fi
-
 %files
 %license COPYING
 %doc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS TODO
-%{_libdir}/libgsl.so.25*
+%{_libdir}/libgsl.so.28*
 %{_libdir}/libgslcblas.so.0*
 %{_bindir}/gsl-histogram
 %{_bindir}/gsl-randist
@@ -96,6 +77,9 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man3/*.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 04 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 2.8-1
+- update to 2.8
+
 * Fri Nov 1 2024 liningjie <liningjie@xfusion.com> - 2.7-3
 - Fix CVE-2024-50610
 
diff --git a/gsl.yaml b/gsl.yaml
index dffd8a45199f2a8f1be791070fad47a5a88e12a7..4329d422620da23c591d88adb524c37b16555ac7 100644
--- a/gsl.yaml
+++ b/gsl.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: git
 src_repo: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gsl.git
 tag_prefix: "release-"
-seperator: "-"
+separator: "-"