diff --git a/linux/kmflcomp/NEWS b/linux/kmflcomp/NEWS
deleted file mode 120000
index b0936e8d00..0000000000
--- a/linux/kmflcomp/NEWS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ChangeLog
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linux/kmflcomp/NEWS b/linux/kmflcomp/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b36eb5c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/kmflcomp/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+10.99
+-----
+
+kmflcomp now supports special stores added since Keyman version 6.0.
+However it does not support the newer syntax.
+Keyboards for Keyman > 6.0 which only use older syntax should compile
diff --git a/linux/kmflcomp/debian/changelog b/linux/kmflcomp/debian/changelog
index 8341d4330a..849be564ad 100644
--- a/linux/kmflcomp/debian/changelog
+++ b/linux/kmflcomp/debian/changelog
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-kmflcomp (10.99.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+kmflcomp (10.99.32-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * Change license to MIT as kmflcomp is being moved into Keyman 11
   * Keyman is now owned by SIL
   * new upstream pre-release
     - add new symbols to d/libkmflcomp0.symbols
   * d/control remove build-dep on autotools-dev (compat 10)
+              update webpage
+  * New upstream pre-release
+  * added symbols in libkmflcomp0 so will require transition
+  * I am now the maintainer as I am the one working
+      on Keyman for Linux upstream
 
- -- Daniel Glassey <wdg@debian.org>  Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:37:58 +0700
+ -- Daniel Glassey <wdg@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:09:24 +0700
 
 kmflcomp (0.9.10-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/linux/kmflcomp/kmfl_compiler/Makefile.am b/linux/kmflcomp/kmfl_compiler/Makefile.am
index 05a75a4ad5..d46a1b7ff3 100644
--- a/linux/kmflcomp/kmfl_compiler/Makefile.am
+++ b/linux/kmflcomp/kmfl_compiler/Makefile.am
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = kmflcomp
 kmflcomp_SOURCES = \
 	kmfl_compiler.c
 
-kmflcomp_LDFLAGS = -lX11 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -Wl,--no-as-needed
-
-kmflcomp_LDADD = ../src/.libs/libkmflcomp.a
+kmflcomp_LDADD = ../src/libkmflcomp.la
diff --git a/linux/kmflcomp/src/Makefile.am b/linux/kmflcomp/src/Makefile.am
index 46f43e8c14..c1d1ce3917 100644
--- a/linux/kmflcomp/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/linux/kmflcomp/src/Makefile.am
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ libkmflcomp_la_SOURCES = \
 
 EXTRA_DIST = compiler.h memman.h
 
-libkmflcomp_la_LDFLAGS = -lX11 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -Wl,--no-as-needed -version-info 1:0:1
+libkmflcomp_la_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--no-as-needed -version-info 1:0:1
 
-libkmflcomp_la_LIBADD = 
+libkmflcomp_la_LIBADD = -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
 
 AM_YFLAGS = -d
diff --git a/linux/scripts/launchpad.sh b/linux/scripts/launchpad.sh
index 78c3ce1d46..d5cb25d600 100755
--- a/linux/scripts/launchpad.sh
+++ b/linux/scripts/launchpad.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ for proj in ${projects}; do
     cd ${proj}
     if [ "${proj}" == "keyman-config" ]; then
         tarname="keyman_config"
+        make clean
     else
         tarname="${proj}"
     fi