diff --git a/dev-util/global/global-5.7.7.bep b/dev-util/global/global-5.8.bep
similarity index 61%
rename from dev-util/global/global-5.7.7.bep
rename to dev-util/global/global-5.8.bep
index b9abd7727..899b9beb7 100644
--- a/dev-util/global/global-5.7.7.bep
+++ b/dev-util/global/global-5.8.bep
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 DESCRIPTION="GNU Global is a source code tagging system." 
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/global/" 
-SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/global/global-5.7.7.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="a2805a315b5fe8432e36d019f2822ee0"
+SRC_URI="http://tamacom.com/global/global-5.8.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="7ba2efb55269615b2722cca36aced2cb"
 REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
 DEPEND=""
 BUILD {
-	cd global-5.7.7
+	cd global-5.8
 	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
 	make
 }
 
 INSTALL {
-	cd global-5.7.7
+	cd global-5.8
 	make install
 }
diff --git a/dev-util/global/global.OptionalPackageDescription b/dev-util/global/global.OptionalPackageDescription
index a8185f05a..b4fb13a23 100644
--- a/dev-util/global/global.OptionalPackageDescription
+++ b/dev-util/global/global.OptionalPackageDescription
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package:	global
-Version:	5.7.7
-Copyright:	2000-2007 Tama Communications Corporation, 2007-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Version:	5.8
+Copyright:	2000-2010 Tama Communications Corporation, 2007-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 License:	GNU GPL v3
 URL:		http://www.gnu.org/software/global/
diff --git a/dev-util/global/patches/global-5.7.7.patch b/dev-util/global/patches/global-5.7.7.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e75be2fb..000000000
--- a/dev-util/global/patches/global-5.7.7.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur global-5.7.7/libdb/db.h global-5.7.7-haiku/libdb/db.h
---- global-5.7.7/libdb/db.h	2009-12-19 03:49:27.000000000 -0700
-+++ global-5.7.7-haiku/libdb/db.h	2009-12-29 02:50:48.000000000 -0700
-@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
- 
- #include "compat.h"
- 
-+#if defined(__HAIKU__)
-+#include <stdint.h>
-+#endif
-+
- #define	RET_ERROR	-1		/* Return values. */
- #define	RET_SUCCESS	 0
- #define	RET_SPECIAL	 1
diff --git a/dev-util/global/patches/global-5.8.patch b/dev-util/global/patches/global-5.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f820bafd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/global/patches/global-5.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -ur global-5.8/libdb/db.h global-5.8-haiku/libdb/db.h
+--- global-5.8/libdb/db.h	2009-12-19 03:49:27.000000000 -0700
++++ global-5.8-haiku/libdb/db.h	2009-12-29 02:50:48.000000000 -0700
+@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
+ 
+ #include "compat.h"
+ 
++#if defined(__HAIKU__)
++#include <stdint.h>
++#endif
++
+ #define	RET_ERROR	-1		/* Return values. */
+ #define	RET_SUCCESS	 0
+ #define	RET_SPECIAL	 1