diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/README b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/README
index 3d77deb34f..5782130cce 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/README
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/README
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 perl-Net-Daemon (perl extension for portable daemons)
 
 Net::Daemon is an abstract base class for implementing portable
-server applications in a very simple way. The module is designed
-for Perl 5.005 and threads, but can work with fork() and Perl 5.004.
+server applications in a very simple way.
 It offers methods for the most common tasks a daemon needs.
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.SlackBuild
index beb92d6584..dea26c0740 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.SlackBuild
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for perl-Net-Daemon
 
-# Written by crocket (crockabiscuit@yahoo.com)
+# Written by crocket (crockabiscuit@gmail.com)
 
 PRGNAM=perl-Net-Daemon
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.43}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.48}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-set -e 
+set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
-mv $SRCNAM $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
@@ -40,9 +39,6 @@ find . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-# remove a test file that utilizes an ancient API.
-rm t/thread.t
-
 perl Makefile.PL \
   PREFIX=/usr \
   INSTALLDIRS=vendor \
@@ -53,8 +49,8 @@ make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 
-find $PKG -name "perllocal.pod" -o -name ".packlist"  -o -name "*.bs"  | xargs rm -f || true
-find $PKG -depth -type d -empty -delete || true
+find $PKG -name "perllocal.pod" -o -name ".packlist"  -o -name "*.bs"  | xargs rm -f
+find $PKG -depth -type d -empty -delete
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a ChangeLog README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.info b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.info
index bb934d92ae..fd0d9ae562 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.info
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/perl-Net-Daemon.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="perl-Net-Daemon"
-VERSION="0.43"
-HOMEPAGE="http://search.cpan.org/~mnooning/Net-Daemon-0.43/lib/Net/Daemon.pm"
-DOWNLOAD="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MN/MNOONING/Net-Daemon/Net-Daemon-0.43.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="a173a8407fb7b049aa465598eca6dfd7"
+VERSION="0.48"
+HOMEPAGE="http://search.cpan.org/~mnooning/Net-Daemon-0.48/lib/Net/Daemon.pm"
+DOWNLOAD="http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/M/MN/MNOONING/Net-Daemon-0.48.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="771f9ba01c3b033ed8cc3d6bad36e5fb"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="crocket"
-EMAIL="crockabiscuit@yahoo.com"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+EMAIL="crockabiscuit@gmail.com"
+APPROVED="dsomero"
diff --git a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc
index 6b6196a9ec..e6f339950e 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc
+++ b/perl/perl-Net-Daemon/slack-desc
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 perl-Net-Daemon: perl-Net-Daemon ( perl extention for portable daemons )
 perl-Net-Daemon:
 perl-Net-Daemon: Net::Daemon is an abstract base class for implementing portable
-perl-Net-Daemon: server applications in a very simple way. The module is designed
-perl-Net-Daemon: for Perl 5.005 and threads, but can work with fork() and Perl 5.004.
+perl-Net-Daemon: server applications in a very simple way.
 perl-Net-Daemon: It offers methods for the most commons tasks a daemon needs.
-perl-Net-Daemon: 
-perl-Net-Daemon: It can be found in CPAN search engine.
+perl-Net-Daemon:
+perl-Net-Daemon: Website:
+perl-Net-Daemon: http://search.cpan.org/~mnooning/Net-Daemon-0.48/lib/Net/Daemon.pm
 perl-Net-Daemon:
 perl-Net-Daemon:
 perl-Net-Daemon: