diff --git a/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild b/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild
index 5e6e62290b..9274d16970 100644
--- a/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/dirac/dirac.SlackBuild
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2008, Nishant Limbachia (nishant@mnspace.net)
 # All rights reserved.
 #
-# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is 
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
 # permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 #
-# 1. Redistributions of script must retain the above copyright notice, 
+# 1. Redistributions of script must retain the above copyright notice,
 #    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 #
 # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
 set -e 	# Exit on most errors
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
@@ -75,20 +79,19 @@ make install \
   DESTDIR=$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 . | 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
 )
 
-cp -a AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README TODO $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a \
+  AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README TODO \
+    $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
-( cd $PKG/usr/man || exit 1
-  find . -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
-  for i in $(find . -type l) ; do ln -s $(readlink $i).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
-)
-
 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/multimedia/dirac/dirac.info b/multimedia/dirac/dirac.info
index 74359ddce6..e2ea58ea2f 100644
--- a/multimedia/dirac/dirac.info
+++ b/multimedia/dirac/dirac.info
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ PRGNAM="dirac"
 VERSION="1.0.2"
 HOMEPAGE="http://diracvideo.org/"
 DOWNLOAD="http://diracvideo.org/download/dirac-research/dirac-1.0.2.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM="a57c2c5e58062d437d9ab13dffb28f0f"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Nishant Limbachia"
 EMAIL="nishant@mnspace.net"
 APPROVED="dsomero"
diff --git a/multimedia/dirac/slack-desc b/multimedia/dirac/slack-desc
index 78d05c1051..53c40d02d1 100644
--- a/multimedia/dirac/slack-desc
+++ b/multimedia/dirac/slack-desc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dirac:
 dirac: Dirac is an advanced royalty-free video compression format designed
 dirac: for a wide range of uses, from delivering low-resolution web content
 dirac: to broadcasting HD and beyond, to near-lossless studio editing.
-dirac: 
+dirac:
 dirac: Homepage: http://diracvideo.org/
 dirac:
 dirac: