diff --git a/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild b/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild
index a7cbf12651..016fee871a 100644
--- a/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
 # Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project
 
 PRGNAM=sphinx
-VERSION=0.9.7
+VERSION=0.9.9
 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
@@ -37,12 +35,14 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
+set -e
+
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
-cd $TMP || exit 1
+cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvzf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || exit 1
-cd $TMP/$PRGNAM-$VERSION || exit 1
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $TMP/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R a-s,u+w,go+r-w .
 
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc/sphinx \
-  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
-  || exit 1
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
-make || exit 1
-make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a COPYING INSTALL doc scripts $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a COPYING INSTALL doc/* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/network/sphinx/sphinx.info b/network/sphinx/sphinx.info
index 3e69f29eaf..1d05a9ba12 100644
--- a/network/sphinx/sphinx.info
+++ b/network/sphinx/sphinx.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="sphinx"
-VERSION="0.9.7"
+VERSION="0.9.9"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.sphinxsearch.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.sphinxsearch.com/downloads/sphinx-0.9.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="32f2b7e98d8485c86108851d52c5cef4"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.sphinxsearch.com/downloads/sphinx-0.9.9.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="7b9b618cb9b378f949bb1b91ddcc4f54"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Michael Johnson"