diff --git a/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.SlackBuild b/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.SlackBuild
index 3392f5806d..c31ab72bee 100644
--- a/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.SlackBuild
@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@
 # This work is in the public domain
 
 PRGNAM=link-grammar
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.5.8}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.8.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
 fi
@@ -48,11 +46,11 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
-find . \
+find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
  -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.info b/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.info
index ac256482a0..e455534677 100644
--- a/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.info
+++ b/academic/link-grammar/link-grammar.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="link-grammar"
-VERSION="4.5.8"
+VERSION="4.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.abisource.org/projects/link-grammar/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.abisource.com/downloads/link-grammar/4.5.8/link-grammar-4.5.8.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="2a68294ca315c1ca3bceb33bb8982a29"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.abisource.com/downloads/link-grammar/4.8.0/link-grammar-4.8.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="218a2ee5ffed258bc52a0718811ca66e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="apache-ant"