diff --git a/network/udpcast/slack-desc b/network/udpcast/slack-desc
index 166d83266c..c9fc098628 100644
--- a/network/udpcast/slack-desc
+++ b/network/udpcast/slack-desc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
 # customary to leave one space after the ':'.
 
-       |-----handy-ruler---------------------------------------------------|
+       |-----handy-ruler-----------------------------------------------------|
 udpcast: udpcast (UDP File-Sender/Receiver)
 udpcast:
 udpcast: Udpcast is a commandline program for transmitting or receiving 
diff --git a/network/udpcast/udpcast.SlackBuild b/network/udpcast/udpcast.SlackBuild
index ab3fded901..689dcdf1eb 100644
--- a/network/udpcast/udpcast.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/udpcast/udpcast.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for udpcast
 
-# Copyright 2007-2008 Heinz Wiesinger <hmwiesinger@gmx.at>
+# Copyright 2007-2008 Heinz Wiesinger <pprkut@liwjatan.at>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=udpcast
-VERSION=20071228
+VERSION=20081116
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -55,16 +57,16 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
-  --localstatedir=/var
+  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
-( cd $PKG
-  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-)
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 ( cd $PKG/usr/man
   find . -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
diff --git a/network/udpcast/udpcast.info b/network/udpcast/udpcast.info
index b487c5def1..c15dfd1db9 100644
--- a/network/udpcast/udpcast.info
+++ b/network/udpcast/udpcast.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="udpcast"
-VERSION="20071228"
+VERSION="20081116"
 HOMEPAGE="http://udpcast.linux.lu"
-DOWNLOAD="http://udpcast.linux.lu/download/udpcast-20071228.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="064cfdbcdfe5f18552835ae88e3211f1"
+DOWNLOAD="http://udpcast.linux.lu/download/udpcast-20081116.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="b4a293023b06705577edfbbed383c3d3"
 MAINTAINER="ppr:kut"
-EMAIL="HMWiesinger@gmx.at"
-APPROVED="Michiel"
+EMAIL="pprkut@liwjatan.at"
+APPROVED="Erik Hanson,rworkman"