diff --git a/network/httping/httping.SlackBuild b/network/httping/httping.SlackBuild
index ea7337856c..8ae0016fd5 100644
--- a/network/httping/httping.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/httping/httping.SlackBuild
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Slackware build script for HTTPing
+# Slackware build script for httping
 
 # Copyright 2010, Steven King <kingrst@gmail.com>
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=httping
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -67,24 +67,23 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
- -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 make \
   OFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   MANDIR=/usr/man \
   DOCDIR=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES
-
 make install \
   MANDIR=/usr/man \
   DOCDIR=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   DESTDIR=$PKG
 
-find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/network/httping/httping.info b/network/httping/httping.info
index b692177e53..7f65af35c0 100644
--- a/network/httping/httping.info
+++ b/network/httping/httping.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="httping"
-VERSION="2.3.3"
+VERSION="2.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.vanheusden.com/httping/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.vanheusden.com/httping/httping-2.3.3.tgz"
-MD5SUM="a4ed1ab05a1cc9fc473ade53c1e5927b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.vanheusden.com/httping/httping-2.4.tgz"
+MD5SUM="3b4d003276c1346c32629b65262dfd1e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""