diff --git a/academic/GMT/GMT.SlackBuild b/academic/GMT/GMT.SlackBuild
index b9e8c4472a..c0e42b958a 100644
--- a/academic/GMT/GMT.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/GMT/GMT.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=GMT
-VERSION=4.5.2
+VERSION=4.5.3
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 COASTNAME=GSHHS
-COASTVER=2.0.2
+COASTVER=2.1.0
 
 # Shewchuk's triangulation routine used in some parts of GMT is not 
 # distributed under the GNU Public Licence. If you work for a for-profit
@@ -136,11 +136,9 @@ make install-all 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
 
-( cd $PKG/usr/man
-  find . -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
-  for i in $( find . -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
-)
-
+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
+   
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 if [ $SHEWCHUK == "yes" ]; then
    cp -a src/README.TRIANGLE $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/academic/GMT/GMT.info b/academic/GMT/GMT.info
index 4b5c73d5f3..b2ccd9e2d9 100644
--- a/academic/GMT/GMT.info
+++ b/academic/GMT/GMT.info
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PRGNAM="GMT"
-VERSION="4.5.2"
+VERSION="4.5.3"
 HOMEPAGE="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.2_doc.tar.bz2 
-          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.2_share.tar.bz2 
-          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.2_src.tar.bz2 
-          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.2_suppl.tar.bz2 
-          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.2_triangle.tar.bz2
-          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GSHHS2.0.2_coast.tar.bz2 
-          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GSHHS2.0.2_full.tar.bz2 
-          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GSHHS2.0.2_high.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="ee97a570d6d18459ed5eb8eb1c4bcfe0
-	101ec440d66fe9cee4689272cf29d1ec
-	1cecd3588a117e19f82a3fbf46ed094d
-	f61a1109a7a6119524e70efb6047b614
-	c346c207e5d2c80bfaf8a957a9756cb0
-	5edeabc967ea6c25b4d56c309c1e0676
-	d15b8727b38741ca2a7d777ff72a42d0
-	f3602576cdad97f513b5baf3ec476f51"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.3_doc.tar.bz2 
+          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.3_share.tar.bz2 
+          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.3_src.tar.bz2 
+          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.3_suppl.tar.bz2 
+          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GMT4.5.3_triangle.tar.bz2
+          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GSHHS2.1.0_coast.tar.bz2 
+          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GSHHS2.1.0_full.tar.bz2 
+          ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/GSHHS2.1.0_high.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="a2f0243bbbea4c6e1472a1d92a2c6d7c
+	378ea1b0e46b09455722df81c4c191ab
+	ad069cfcc8216fdef69e0cb94536c2a6
+	7d4bcb2ac56ee558cae8446363a74e64
+	5bccc9d473fc2a659cb21d3aafd8b228
+	1f84a99effe96e12fb60f31fa3cf35bb
+	da679a412056e401bb624a213d4b11d6
+	51128a3c545fd48364a2da830ebce1b6"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Pierre Cazenave"
 EMAIL="pwcazenave <at> gmail {dot} com"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="dsomero"
diff --git a/academic/GMT/README b/academic/GMT/README
index e212b209bf..9d3db665a5 100644
--- a/academic/GMT/README
+++ b/academic/GMT/README
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This requires netcdf.
 There are a number of different resolution coastline files available for
 GMT, and their size on disk varies from <2MB (low) to 61.7MB (full). 
 They come in 3 separate archives:
-  GSHHS2.0.2_coast.tar.bz2 GSHHS2.0.2_high.tar.bz2 GSHHS2.0.2_full.tar.bz2
+  GSHHS2.1.0_coast.tar.bz2 GSHHS2.1.0_high.tar.bz2 GSHHS2.1.0_full.tar.bz2
 
 The first contains the low, intermediate and coarse resolutions, the second 
 the high resolution, and the third the full resolution. I prefer to have all