diff --git a/sys-libs/libedit/libedit-2014_10_30_3.1.recipe b/sys-libs/libedit/libedit-20170329_3.1.recipe
similarity index 54%
rename from sys-libs/libedit/libedit-2014_10_30_3.1.recipe
rename to sys-libs/libedit/libedit-20170329_3.1.recipe
index 5348cb7e4..f6cdfa55a 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libedit/libedit-2014_10_30_3.1.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/libedit/libedit-20170329_3.1.recipe
@@ -3,21 +3,24 @@ DESCRIPTION="This is an autotool- and libtoolized port of the NetBSD Editline li
 (libedit). This Berkeley-style licensed command line editor library provides \
 generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions, similar to those \
 found in GNU Readline."
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/"
-COPYRIGHT="1992-2014 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc."
+HOMEPAGE="http://thrysoee.dk/editline/"
+COPYRIGHT="1992-2018 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-REVISION="2"
-SOURCE_URI="http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20141030-3.1.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="9701e16570fb8f7fa407b506986652221b701a9dd61defc05bb7d1c61cdf5a40"
-SOURCE_DIR="libedit-20141029-3.1"
-PATCHES="libedit-2014_10_30_3.1.patchset"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-${portVersion/_/-}.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="91f2d90fbd2a048ff6dad7131d9a39e690fd8a8fd982a353f1333dd4017dd4be"
+SOURCE_DIR="libedit-${portVersion/_/-}"
+PATCHES="libedit-${portVersion/_/-}.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
+libVersion="0.0.56"
+libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
+
 PROVIDES="
 	libedit$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	lib:libedit$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.0.52 compat >= 0
+	lib:libedit$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	libedit${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
-	devel:libedit$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.0.52 compat >= 0
+	devel:libedit$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	libedit$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
@@ -42,14 +45,18 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:m4
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:sed
 	"
 
+defineDebugInfoPackage libedit$secondaryArchSuffix \
+	"$libDir"/libedit.so.$libVersion
+
 BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf --force --install
-	runConfigure ./configure
+	runConfigure ./configure --enable-examples=no
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
@@ -57,13 +64,23 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libedit
+	# remove libtool file
+	rm -f "$libDir"/libedit.la
+
+	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
+		rm -rf "$documentationDir"
+		maybe_manDir_man3=
+	else
+		maybe_manDir_man3="$manDir"/man3
+	fi
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib libedit
 	fixPkgconfig
 
 	# devel package
 	packageEntries devel \
-		$developDir \
-		$manDir/man3
+		"$developDir" \
+		"$maybe_manDir_man3"
 }
 
 TEST()
diff --git a/sys-libs/libedit/patches/libedit-2014_10_30_3.1.patchset b/sys-libs/libedit/patches/libedit-20170329-3.1.patchset
similarity index 56%
rename from sys-libs/libedit/patches/libedit-2014_10_30_3.1.patchset
rename to sys-libs/libedit/patches/libedit-20170329-3.1.patchset
index 9d49a31be..384735aca 100644
--- a/sys-libs/libedit/patches/libedit-2014_10_30_3.1.patchset
+++ b/sys-libs/libedit/patches/libedit-20170329-3.1.patchset
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-From 176329a96c16bf0508724fb05c1b3f8d6d6eab80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 0f4e432383e03e9885dbe8f43a2d988bbd327198 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:48:13 +0000
 Subject: Haiku patch
 
 
 diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 8524d41..cbef26d 100644
+index 9a571b2..c4bff22 100644
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_EXAMPLES, [test "$enable_examples" = "yes"])
+@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_EXAMPLES, [test "$enable_examples" = "yes"])
  AC_HEADER_DIRENT
  AC_HEADER_STDC
  AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
 -AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h stdlib.h string.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h unistd.h curses.h ncurses.h sys/cdefs.h termcap.h])
 +AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h limits.h malloc.h stdint.h stdlib.h string.h sys/errno.h errno.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h unistd.h curses.h ncurses.h sys/cdefs.h langinfo.h])
  
- AC_CHECK_HEADER([termios.h], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([termios.h is required!])],[])
- 
+ AC_CHECK_HEADER([ncurses.h], [],
+   [AC_CHECK_HEADER([curses.h], [],
 diff --git a/src/editline/readline.h b/src/editline/readline.h
-index 932febb..08650d6 100644
+index 777a4c6..0fc61af 100644
 --- a/src/editline/readline.h
 +++ b/src/editline/readline.h
-@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ typedef KEYMAP_ENTRY *Keymap;
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ typedef KEYMAP_ENTRY *Keymap;
  
  #ifndef CTRL
  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ index 932febb..08650d6 100644
  #endif
  #ifndef CTRL
 diff --git a/src/vis.c b/src/vis.c
-index d67f551..592f4a1 100644
+index 914e7b1..69da62d 100644
 --- a/src/vis.c
 +++ b/src/vis.c
 @@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@ index d67f551..592f4a1 100644
  __weak_alias(strvisx,_strvisx)
  #endif
 -- 
-1.8.3.4
+2.16.1
 
 
-From f02342663ecd194b8e8811bf074014bd02e20836 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From a841ec9f4fba924405644e532843ab83df9c43ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 16:55:47 +0000
 Subject: define NBBY
 
 
 diff --git a/src/sys.h b/src/sys.h
-index 25b14bb..5425e3a 100644
+index e575432..a7d57e2 100644
 --- a/src/sys.h
 +++ b/src/sys.h
-@@ -139,4 +139,8 @@ extern char* tgoto(const char*, int, int);
+@@ -124,4 +124,8 @@ extern char* tgoto(const char*, int, int);
  extern char* tgetstr(char*, char**);
  #endif
  
@@ -71,3 +71,32 @@ index 25b14bb..5425e3a 100644
 -- 
 1.8.3.4
 
+
+From 95b6557ba475077242e35969615f961259c2ff3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: fbrosson <fbrosson@localhost>
+Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 11:05:59 +0000
+Subject: gcc2 support.
+
+
+diff --git a/src/hist.c b/src/hist.c
+index 3c9db7d..4c98944 100644
+--- a/src/hist.c
++++ b/src/hist.c
+@@ -188,12 +188,14 @@ hist_command(EditLine *el, int argc, const wchar_t **argv)
+ 			len = len * 4 + 1;
+ 			if (len >= maxlen) {
+ 				maxlen = len + 1024;
++				{
+ 				char *nbuf = el_realloc(buf, maxlen);
+ 				if (nbuf == NULL) {
+ 					el_free(buf);
+ 					return -1;
+ 				}
+ 				buf = nbuf;
++				}
+ 			}
+ 			strvis(buf, ptr, VIS_NL);
+ 			(void) fprintf(el->el_outfile, "%d\t%s\n",
+-- 
+2.16.1
+