diff --git a/libraries/gnet/gnet.SlackBuild b/libraries/gnet/gnet.SlackBuild
index c8cd225e23..091a5005ab 100644
--- a/libraries/gnet/gnet.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/gnet/gnet.SlackBuild
@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@
 # Written by Menno Duursma <druiloor@zonnet.nl>
 # Modified by Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
 
+# This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
+# the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
+# and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
+# To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
+# http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+
 PRGNAM=gnet
-VERSION=2.0.7
+VERSION=2.0.8
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -13,12 +19,14 @@ TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
-OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}	# Drop the package in /tmp
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 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 # Exit on most errors
@@ -44,18 +52,19 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --disable-static \
   --with-html-dir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 
+# doc/README says to do the following ... errs on gtk-doc for me though
+#make distcheck
 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 . -type f | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
 )
 
-cp -a AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog HACKING NEWS README TODO \
-  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a [A-Z]* ChangeLog $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 mv $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/html
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+cat $CWD/README > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/README.SBo
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
diff --git a/libraries/gnet/gnet.info b/libraries/gnet/gnet.info
index 7571958c2d..30db6569c2 100644
--- a/libraries/gnet/gnet.info
+++ b/libraries/gnet/gnet.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="gnet"
-VERSION="2.0.7"
+VERSION="2.0.8"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnetlibrary.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.gnetlibrary.org/src/gnet-2.0.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="3a7a40411775688fe4c42141ab007048"
-MAINTAINER="Menno Duursma"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnet/2.0/gnet-2.0.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="f42215834646f656a5ecb2f5376f66ac"
+MAINTAINER="Menno E. Duursma"
 EMAIL="druiloor@zonnet.nl"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="Erik Hanson"
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