diff --git a/libraries/libviper/libviper-1.4.2.2-Makefile.patch b/libraries/libviper/libviper-1.4.6-Makefile.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from libraries/libviper/libviper-1.4.2.2-Makefile.patch
rename to libraries/libviper/libviper-1.4.6-Makefile.patch
diff --git a/libraries/libviper/libviper.SlackBuild b/libraries/libviper/libviper.SlackBuild
index e39be0acb5..ffdc7ae14f 100644
--- a/libraries/libviper/libviper.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libviper/libviper.SlackBuild
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libviper
-VERSION=1.4.2.2
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
-   \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
-   -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
-   \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
-   -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 # patch the Makefile with a custom patch to correct hard-coded paths
-patch -p0 < $CWD/libviper-1.4.2.2-Makefile.patch
+patch -p0 < $CWD/libviper-1.4.6-Makefile.patch
 
 make CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS"
 make install prefix=$PKG/usr libdir=$PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}
diff --git a/libraries/libviper/libviper.info b/libraries/libviper/libviper.info
index 8e2fb87505..d17eb4842a 100644
--- a/libraries/libviper/libviper.info
+++ b/libraries/libviper/libviper.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="libviper"
-VERSION="1.4.2.2"
+VERSION="1.4.6"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libviper.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libviper/libviper-1.4.2.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="69a8fd1659bb0bb1ce38477122341e37"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libviper/libviper-1.4.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="6b78e595b4e494976acd6f99fc8fdc7e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Gerardo Zamudio"
-EMAIL="gerardo@gerardozamudio.net"
+EMAIL="gerardo.zamudio@linux.com"