diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6faf1130..2fdb1dcf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-fail2ban (0.7.5-2etch1~pre1) stable-security; urgency=low
+fail2ban (0.7.5-2etch1~pre2) stable-security; urgency=low
 
   * NOT RELEASED YET
   * Propagated fix for asctime pattern from 0.7.8 release (closes: #421848)
+  * Propagated fix for not closed log files from 0.7.8-1 
+    (closes: #439962,434368)
+  * Propagated fix for "reload" bug which is as sever as #439962 and just
+    never was hit by any Debian user yet
 
  -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Tue, 01 May 2007 22:18:03 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/00_close_log.dpatch b/debian/patches/00_close_log.dpatch
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index de5d7a16..58b136d1
--- a/debian/patches/00_close_log.dpatch
+++ b/debian/patches/00_close_log.dpatch
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 ## DP: post release patches
 
 @DPATCH@
-diff -urNad fail2ban-0.7.8~/server/server.py fail2ban-0.7.8/server/server.py
---- fail2ban-0.7.8~/server/server.py	2007-02-07 14:22:44.000000000 -0500
-+++ fail2ban-0.7.8/server/server.py	2007-03-24 18:39:32.000000000 -0400
-@@ -326,15 +326,18 @@
+diff -urNad fail2ban~/server/server.py fail2ban/server/server.py
+--- fail2ban~/server/server.py	2007-11-06 14:26:10.000000000 -0500
++++ fail2ban/server/server.py	2007-11-06 14:33:46.000000000 -0500
+@@ -314,12 +314,17 @@
  			else:
  				# Target should be a file
  				try:
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ diff -urNad fail2ban-0.7.8~/server/server.py fail2ban-0.7.8/server/server.py
  					hdlr = logging.FileHandler(target)
  				except IOError:
  					logSys.error("Unable to log to " + target)
- 					logSys.info("Logging to previous target " + self.__logTarget)
  					return False
  			self.__logTarget = target
--			# Remove previous handler
--			logging.getLogger("fail2ban").handlers = []
 +			# Removes previous handlers
 +			for handler in logging.getLogger("fail2ban").handlers:
 +				# Closes the handler.