diff --git a/libraries/log4c/README b/libraries/log4c/README
index 59b6703f54..9444b4b7a5 100644
--- a/libraries/log4c/README
+++ b/libraries/log4c/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Log4c is a library of C for flexible logging to files, syslog, and 
-other destinations.  It is modeled after the Log for Java library 
-(http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/), staying as close to their API as
-is reasonable. 
+Log4c is a library of C for flexible logging to files, syslog and other
+destinations. It is modeled after the Log for Java library
+(http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/), staying as close to their API as is
+reasonable.
diff --git a/libraries/log4c/log4c.SlackBuild b/libraries/log4c/log4c.SlackBuild
index 0d0ab8f5b1..3ab3478ef7 100644
--- a/libraries/log4c/log4c.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/log4c/log4c.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=log4c
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -62,13 +62,12 @@ cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/${PRGNAM}-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-
 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 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
@@ -77,14 +76,18 @@ CXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
 make install 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
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
   AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README TODO \
diff --git a/libraries/log4c/log4c.info b/libraries/log4c/log4c.info
index 56b52cd5cd..b879a8fe09 100644
--- a/libraries/log4c/log4c.info
+++ b/libraries/log4c/log4c.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="log4c"
-VERSION="1.2.1"
+VERSION="1.2.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://log4c.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/log4c/log4c-1.2.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ca5412b7515d8901714ab7892323adb6"
+DOWNLOAD="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/log4c/log4c-1.2.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="0d94919136e1d16b68427562e74cb3dd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="graphviz"
 MAINTAINER="Steven King"
 EMAIL="kingrst@gmail.com"
diff --git a/libraries/log4c/slack-desc b/libraries/log4c/slack-desc
index 92fafd0910..f2109e2fde 100644
--- a/libraries/log4c/slack-desc
+++ b/libraries/log4c/slack-desc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ log4c: log4c (a library of C for flexible logging to files)
 log4c:
 log4c: Log4c is a library of C for flexible logging to files, syslog and
 log4c: other destinations. It is modeled after the Log for Java library,
-log4c: staying as close to their API as is reasonable. Here is a short
-log4c: introduction to Log4j which describes the API, and design rationale.
+log4c: staying as close to their API as is reasonable.
+log4c:
 log4c:
 log4c: Homepage: http://log4c.sourceforge.net/
 log4c: