diff --git a/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.SlackBuild
index 610e464687..69401da473 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.SlackBuild
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
 
 # Now maintained by B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>
 
+# 20230109 bkw: update for v1.45.
 # 20210802 bkw: take over as maintainer and upgrade for v1.42.
 
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.42}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.45}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -88,9 +89,10 @@ find $PKG -name perllocal.pod \
      | xargs rm -f || true
 
 find $PKG -depth -type d -empty -delete || true
+find $PKG -name '*.so' -a -exec strip {} \+
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a Changes README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a Changes* README* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.info b/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.info
index f5400d75aa..1342f32ad5 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.info
+++ b/perl/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu/perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu"
-VERSION="1.42"
+VERSION="1.45"
 HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/pod/Term::ReadLine::Gnu"
-DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/H/HA/HAYASHI/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.42.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="51e86969251a4e1dba761b17c392c6f2"
+DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/H/HA/HAYASHI/Term-ReadLine-Gnu-1.45.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="5e301449b2799c04cef70245d6ac68aa"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""