diff --git a/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.SlackBuild b/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.SlackBuild
index 84f6cff150..1c3a983b22 100644
--- a/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.SlackBuild
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 # Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project
 
 PRGNAM=rdiff-backup
-VERSION=1.2.5
-ARCH=noarch
+VERSION=1.2.8
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
-CWD=$(pwd)		
+CWD=$(pwd)
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION || exit 1
 chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R a-s,u+rw,go-w+r .
 
-sed -i 's|share/man/|man/|g' setup.py
-python setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root=$PKG
+sed -i 's|share/man/|man/|g' setup.py  || exit 1
+python setup.py install --prefix=/usr --root=$PKG  || exit 1
 
 ( cd $PKG
   find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
-    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
   find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
-    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 )
 
 ( cd $PKG/usr/man
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.info b/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.info
index a130ae915c..75f11d68fe 100644
--- a/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.info
+++ b/system/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.info
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="rdiff-backup"
-VERSION="1.2.5"
+VERSION="1.2.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-1.2.5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="28c9f45afd0e4a250ecc95e555995e48"
+DOWNLOAD="http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-1.2.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="1a94dc537fcf74d6a3a80bd27808e77b"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="paul wisehart"
 EMAIL="wise@lupulin.net"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="dsomero"